BRIEF ON IRAN	 
	Representative Office of 
	The National Council of Resistance of Iran           
	
	No. 491	
	Thursday, September 5, 1996 
 
 
 
3421 M Street NW #1032, Washington, DC 20007  
 
 

Mubarak's Advisor Accuses Iran of Assassination 
Attempt, Agence France Presse, September 4 
 
	For the first time on Wednesday, the 
Egyptian President's advisor Esam Al-Baz accused 
Iran to be responsible, along with Sudan, for the 
1995 assassination attempt against President 
Mubarak in Addis Ababa. 
	In an interview reported by the Qatar News 
Agency, Al-Baz reiterated that "an Egyptian 
terrorist carried out the plot with assistance from 
Sudan and Iran." 
	Until now, Egypt only accused Sudan to be 
an accomplice in the effort for assassinating Hosni 
Mubarak. 
	Cairo has consistently blamed Iran for its 
support of the fundamentalists wave of violence 
which started in Egypt in March of 1992. However, 
during recent weeks, the Egyptian officials have 
increased their criticisms against Tehran vis-ŕ-vis 
the violence in their country. 
	Last week they announced that 44 armed 
Islamists, who intended to carry out terrorist acts in 
Egypt and were "supported" and "financed" by Iran, 
were arrested. 
 
 
Namibia Refuses to Allow Visit by Rafsanjani, Iran 
Zamin News Agency, September 4 
 
	The African nation of Namibia which was 
scheduled to be on the list of African countries that 
Rafsanjani is currently visiting, informed Iran that 
it is not willing to receive Rafsanjani in that 
country. 
	Namibia relayed the decision to the Iranian 
officials last week. Due to the U.S. sanctions 
against Tehran and efforts to isolate it, the African 
nation did not want to create the impression that it 
is hosting the head of a government which is 
sponsoring international terrorism. 
 
 
Iran's Arms Deal with China, The Washington 
Times, September 4 
 
	Tehran—Iran confirmed yesterday it has 
struck an arms deal with China involving 
warplanes, missile launchers and armored trucks, 
Iranian television reported. 
	Quoting Iranian Defense Minister 
Mohammad Foruzandeh, the report said Iran 
signed an agreement with China concerning "heavy 
and light arms." It did not give further details. 
	Earlier unconfirmed reports described it as 
a $4.5 billion arms deal between the two states, 
inked during a recent visit of Mr. Foruzandeh to 
Beijing. 
	The earlier reports said China will provide 
Iran with warplanes, missile launchers, support 
ships, armored trucks and transport vehicles.... 
	The Iranian defense minister, who was 
accompanied by a high ranking military delegation 
and hosted by Chi Haotian, his Chinese 
counterpart, inspected different military centers as 
well as Chinese industrial installations, shipyards 
and military-plane manufacturing plants in 
different cities. 
 
 
German Opposition Faults Policy toward Iran, Iran 
Zamin News Agency, September 3 
 
	The foreign affairs speaker of the German 
Social Democratic Party Karsten Voigt said that the 
German foreign ministry's policy toward Iran was a 
mistake. 
	He described the policy as a factor that 
would falsely spread the imaginary belief that Iran's 
internal and foreign policies can be changed. 
	Voigt said that German Foreign Minister 
Klause Kinkel "made a mistake in whitewashing 
the strategy of German contacts with Iran as a 
special German policy." 
 
 
Failure of European Policies Toward Iran, Iran 
Zamin News Agency, September 3 
 
	 Referring to the failure of European 
policies toward Iran, the Danish Politiken daily 
wrote: "The situation is changing.  The policy of 
critical dialogue with Iran never had a chance and 
was always an excuse to save trade agreements." 
	The daily added that signs of discontent in 
Iran especially among the low income classes is 
rising. 
 
 
Effects of U.S. Sanctions, Radio Israel, September 1 
 
	The Islamic government's Oil Minister 
disclosed that 9 huge gas and oil projects —out of a 
total of 11 projects that Iran hoped to sign off 
contracts on them with foreign companies— are not 
accepted by any company.  
	In an interview with Salam daily, the Oil 
Minister Gholamreza Aghazadeh said that some 
offers have been received which are being 
examined. He expressed hope that the contracts will 
be signed in near future. 
	While the Oil Minister did not give any 
further explanation for the lack of contracts on the 
projects, he stated that the U.S. sanctions have had 
no effects whatsoever on the interests of foreign 
companies regarding the lucrative projects.