BRIEF ON IRAN	
	Representative Office of 
	The National Council of Resistance of Iran           	
	No. 447	
	Wednesday, July 3, 1996



	3421 M Street NW #1032, Washington, DC 20007	



Tehran Diplomat-Terrorist, Suspect in Rome Assassination, Deutsche Welle
(Farsi Service), July 2

	After three years of investigation into the assassination of the
representative of the National Council of Resistance of Iran in Italy, the
Attorney General's Office in Rome announced that the trial of the criminals
has been scheduled to start on July 15.
	According to the investigations conducted by Franco Uneta, Rome's Deputy
Attorney General, three people will be tried in abstentia for planning and
carrying out the assassination of Mohammad Hossein Naghdi. He said one of
the three is a citizen of Iran, holding diplomatic passport, and cannot be
arrested....
	Three years ago, on the way from his home in the center of Rome to the
NCR's office, Naghdi was shot three times by two assassins... He died a few
hours later in one of the Rome's largest hospitals....
	Franco Uneta says that Naghdi was assassinated because of his activities
against the Islamic Republic of Iran, and according to the investigations,
the danger of assassination of Iranian dissidents by Islamic terrorists in
Italy still exists.


No Need for Mediation If Tehran Stops Intervention in Bahrain, Agence France
Presse, July 1

	On Monday, Bahrain asked Iran, again, to stop interfering in its internal
affairs....
	Bahraini Minister of Information told Agence France Presse that: "Iran
interferes in our internal affairs. There will be no need whatsoever for a
mediator if Iran stops its intervention into our affairs and reassesses its
policy."
	[News agencies report that Syria is trying to mediate between Bahrain and
Iran. Bahrain last month accused Iran of supporting a Shi'ite Moslem-led
plot to overthrow the government and install an Iranian style Islamic state
loyal to Tehran.]


Mullahs' Intervention in Lebanon, Iran Zamin News Agency, July 2

	Since two weeks ago, the Lebanese embassy in Tehran does not issue a visit
for Iranians who intend to travel to Lebanon.
	The decision is subsequent to the accusations by Lebanese President Elias
Heravi of Iran's intervention in the internal affairs of his country in May.


Tehran's Agent Threatens Arafat, Radio Israel, July 1

	The representative of the fundamentalist Palestinian Islamic Jihad group in
Tehran threatened the leaders of the self rule Palestinian government of
renewed intifada....
	Referring to the recent meeting between Arafat and Israeli prime minister's
advisor, Abu Jihad threatened the Palestinian government that if ignoring
the Palestinian interests is continued, a new intifada will be resumed which
will have unpredictable consequences.


Activities by Resistance's Forces in 62 Iranian Cities to Honor June 20th,
Iran Zamin News Agency, July 2

	The Mojahedin's command headquarters inside Iran announced the successful
completion of activities honoring the anniversary of the June 20th, the
start of the Iranian people's resistance against the mullahs' religious,
terrorist dictatorship, the day of martyrs and political prisoners and the
anniversary of the founding of the National Liberation Army of Iran.
	The series of protest and publicity activities by the Resistance were
undertaken on this occasion in 62 cities.
	Among other things, the resistance's forces organized sporadic
demonstrations, protest gatherings and activities, fomenting popular
protests, as well as strikes and protests by workers, students and
academics. They also posted hundreds of large placards carrying portraits of
Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the Iranian Resistance's President-elect, in busy areas
of the cities. They also distributed hundreds of thousands of placards and
brochures in different cities and regions of the country in support of the
NCR and the National Liberation Army of Iran. 


Iran Bans Head of Critical Weekly for Five Years, Reuters, July 2 

	TEHRAN — An Iranian court has banned the head of a popular hardline Islamic
weekly from running the publication for five years, a newspaper said on Tuesday.
	The daily Salam said the court also ordered Heshmatollah Tabarzadi,
director of the Payam-e Daneshjoo, to pay 10 million rials ($3,300) in fines
for "publishing lies and causing public confusion."...
	Authorities banned the weekly in May three months after dropping an earlier
ban when it published articles accusing relatives of President Akbar Hashemi
Rafsanjani of corruption and charging Iran's largest state-affiliated
economic conglomerate with mismanagement....