BRIEF ON IRAN	 
	Representative Office of 
	The National Council of Resistance of Iran
	No. 495	
	Wednesday, September 11, 1996 
 
 
 
3421 M Street NW #1032, Washington, DC 20007 
 
 
 

Mullahs' Unconventional Weapons Program 
Accelerates, Iran Zamin News Agency, September 
10 
 
	The British Evening Standard reported 
that Iran accelerates its program for production of 
nuclear, chemical and biological weapons. 
	The paper reported that this step is taken 
despite Iran's signing of the treaty banning 
production and buildup of poisonous gas and 
chemicals and is against Iran's commitments 
regarding nuclear non-proliferation treaty.  Iran is a 
signatory of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty but 
is constantly trying to obtain nuclear capability. 
 
 
White House Mulls New Law's Impact on Iran Ties 
to S. Africa, Dow Jones News, September 10 
 
	The Clinton administration said it would 
examine business links between South Africa and 
Iran case-by-case before deciding whether the ties 
violate the new Iran/Libya sanctions law.  
	"We would have to evaluate them on a 
case-by-case basis, but, in general, we don't look 
favorably on any kind of economic enhancement of 
the Tehran regime," an administration official said.  
	Later this week, Iranian President Ali 
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani will begin a state visit of 
South Africa with the aim of developing further 
economic links between the countries.... 
	Among the proposals being considered is a 
joint venture to develop Iran's natural gas fields, 
and Iranian cooperation in developing South 
Africa's oil refining sector, according to both South 
African and Iranian officials.  
	The U.S. is also watching plans by Iran to 
use huge South African oil storage tanks built by 
the apartheid government at Saldanha Bay to store 
up to 15 million barrels of crude oil. The oil could 
be released if Iran's normal oil export routes are cut 
off, and used by customers in both Africa and South 
America.... 
 
 
Seven People Arrested, Accused of Espionage, 
Radio Israel, September 9 
 
	An intelligence official of the Islamic 
government reported the arrest of seven people for 
what he described as espionage for foreign 
countries. 
	According to the state run news agency, 
the head of Bushehr Province intelligence agency, 
Mr. Eslami, said that seven agents of foreigners, 
whom he said had transmitted military and 
economical information to foreigners, were arrested 
by regime's intelligence agents.... 
	He did not provide any further information 
on the arrested individuals or the country for which 
they are accused of spying for. 
 
 
Tehran Regime Is In Turmoil, Iran Zamin News 
Agency, September 10 
 
	The British weekly The Observer reports 
that Iran, under the rule of the mullahs, is a country 
in turmoil in the internal arena. 
	The weekly said that the regime's power 
base is weak and the system consists of  extremist 
clerics and murderous members of the security 
services. 
	The Observer added that the mullahs' 
regime is like a brief chapter in the history of Iran. 
 
 
Regime's Future  Depends on Islamicization of The 
Universities — Khamenei, Tehran State Radio, 
September 9 
 
	In a meeting with his representatives in 
Iran's universities, Khamenei reiterated that 
Islamicization of the universities is an important 
issue which has many dimensions and the future of 
the revolution depends on it.... 
	Khamenei described the philosophy of 
mullahs' presence in the universities as a fruitful 
necessity for the scientific centers....  
	He said that... in universities, the mullahs 
can satisfy the needs of the youth by guiding them 
and practicing psychological and spiritual 
medicine. 
	[The state-run radio quoted Khamenei on 
September 5  as saying that the Qum Islamic 
Seminary (the main center for training mullahs and 
terrorists by the regime) must move such that it 
could satisfy the needs of Iran and other countries. 
He emphasized that, in addition to Iran, the whole 
world has more needs for those trained in Qum 
seminary.]