BRIEF ON IRAN	 
	Representative Office of 
	The National Council of Resistance of Iran
	No. 524	
	Wednesday, October 23, 1996 
 
 
3421 M Street NW #1032, Washington, DC 20007
 
 
 
Mullahs' Aid To Terrorists, The Jordanian Al-Ordon 
Weekly, October 21 
 
	In Damascus last week, a high ranking 
Iranian security official met with Dr. Abdullah 
Ramadhan Shalah, the leader of Islamic Jihad 
organization, and submitted one million dollars to 
him as the first payment of a series of financial aids 
to the group.... 
	Dr. Shalah immediately sent part of the 
payment to Gaza and promised to send more soon.... 
	[The Jordanian Al-Hayat Weekly reported 
last week that Hassan Nasrullah, the head of 
Lebanese Hizbollah, along with a Hizbollah 
delegation, visited Tehran in an unannounced trip.  
	[According to Al-Hayat, a Palestinian 
intelligence report which disclosed the visit, said that 
the delegation traveled to Iran to consult with Ali 
Khamenei, which controls the group....] 
 
 
Iran's Naval War Games In Gulf of Oman, Reuters, 
October 22  
 
	Iran's navy on Tuesday ended a series of 
war games in the Gulf of Oman, state-run Tehran 
radio reported. 
	It quoted a navy commander as saying air 
and sea units and teams of divers had successfully 
completed the four-day maneuvers... in the Gulf of 
Oman, south of the oil-rich Gulf waterway's only 
entrance. 
	The war games in Iranian coastal waters off 
the port of Chah Bahar had started on Saturday, the 
radio added.... 
 
 
Iran Produces "Islamic" Dolls, Computer Games, 
Iran Zamin News Agency, October 22 
 
	In order to fight the "Western cultural 
invasion", Iran's clerics will produce their own style 
of dolls and computer games. 
	The "Islamic doll", named Sarah, will be 
produced to stop import of the famous Barbie dolls, 
which are quite popular in Iran due to their beautiful 
and colorful clothing, according to Agence France 
Presse. 
	Sarah, which is to be produced by the state-
owned Children Cultural Promotion Center, will 
wear the long cover, chador, which covers the doll 
from head to toe. Mullahs had earlier described 
Barbie dolls as "satanic" due to their "destructive 
beauty". 
	To prevent distribution of Western 
computer games, Iran will produce "Islamic" games 
in which Iran's "Islamic planes" will target and 
destroy American planes. 
 
 
Iran's Industries "Seriously Threatened", Radio 
Israel, October 21 
 
	Executive director of Iran's largest detergent 
producing company said due to adverse economic 
situation and lack of foreign currency, the production 
of several detergents is faced with serious problems. 
	Today, the executive director of Pakan 
company told Salam daily that Iran's industries are 
faced with serious problems. 
	He added that the cost of many basic 
materials needed for the operation of factories in 
Iran has increased by 50% during the last 30 days.... 
	[Mohammad Khan, Mullahs' Minister of 
Economics said the country's industries are faced 
with serious threats, but did not give any further 
details, according to Iran Zamin News Agency. He 
added that the significant reduction in people's 
purchasing power is in contradiction with the 
government's so-called policy of eradication of 
poverty.] 
 
 
Strong Earthquake Expected But Not Prepared For, 
Swedish Radio, Farsi Program, October 19 
 
	The director of Iran's seismologic agency, 
Ghafoori Ashtiani, announced that half of Tehran's 
buildings will be destroyed should an earthquake 
with a strength of 7 Richter scale occur. 
	He said that in the next 10 years, a strong 
earthquake in Iran is expected with a possibility of 
70%, thus it is necessary to take the reinforcement of 
important buildings seriously. 
	Ghafoori Ashtiani complained  that he had 
provided the government with a proper plan three 
years earlier but the government has not yet enacted 
the regulations for reinforcement of Tehran's 
buildings.