BRIEF ON IRAN	
No. 523
Tuesday, October 22, 1996

Representative Office of
The National Council of Resistance of Iran


Clerics Prepare the Public for More Interventionist Policies, BBC Radio,
October 19

	The daily Jomhouri Islami in an editorial asked the Foreign Affairs
Ministry to abandon [the policies of] flattery.  It said that the ministry
should put aside the policy of non-intervention in internal affairs of
others... and become pragmatic.
	Jomhouri Islami wrote that the crisis in Afghanistan was directly related
to Iran and "why shouldn't we recognize our right [in this regard]?"...  The
editorial concludes by saying that "the harms towards our borders come from
this undue flattery. We must put aside this policy in other cases as well as
in Afghanistan"...


Egypt's Anti-Government Recruits to Train in Iran, Reuters, October 21

	CAIRO - Egyptian authorities said on Monday they had arrested 56 members of
a secret Shi'ite organization allegedly trying to recruit followers to
promote Iranian ideas in the country....
	The majority of Egypt's Moslems are Sunni. The Cairo government has
regarded Iran with suspicion ever since its 1979 Islamic revolution and has
often accused Iran of trying to export its brand of extremist Islam
throughout the region.
	The [Interior] ministry said the Shi'ite organization had recruited people
to send to Iran for training.
	"The group also tried to infiltrate political parties and take advantage of
them to spread Iranian goals and extremist plans," the ministry said.
	Eight of the detained Shi'ites had been to Iran and had contacts with
Iranian and Arab Shi'ites, the ministry said....


Iran Starts Another War Game in Gulf, Associated Press, October 21

	TEHRAN - Iran's navy is conducting four days of war games in the Persian
Gulf, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported Monday.
	During the maneuvers, which began Sunday, units will carry out mock assault
operations on coastal areas and conduct rescue and diving operations, the
agency said....
	Iran, which conducts several similar exercises each year, announced last
month that it will take delivery of a Russian-made submarine in early 1997.
It also said it was building its own destroyer and conducting research on
missiles....


More Quotas for Admission of Government Agents into Universities, Tehran
Radio, October 20

	Today, the Council of Guardians ratified a plan and five legislations which
were adopted by the Islamic Majlis [Parliament].
	In this session the plan for amending the current law which facilitates the
admission of besiji crusaders [the regime's para-military force] to
universities... was reviewed. The plan  was determined to be in accordance
with the religious ethics and the constitution...

[It should be noted that according to this amendment, 40% of the capacity of
higher education institutions belongs to besiji forces and the Revolutionary
Guards.  At the same time, each year more than one million eligible students
are denied higher education.]


Women, Main Victims of Clerical Regime, Iran Zamin News Agency, October 22

	In an interview with the Italian national television, Mrs. Maryam Rajavi,
the president-elect of Iranian Resistance emphasized that: "Women are the
main victims of Khomeini [regime] and his successors.  And for the very same
reason, they will have the utmost effect in overthrow of this regime."
	Mrs. Rajavi added: "If the European countries, including Italy, end their
support of Iran, economically in particular, Iranian people and especially
women will topple the regime expeditiously."