Dhahran Bombing - Iranian Resistance Reveals Terror Infrastructure, Voice of America [Farsi Service], April 17

In a press conference, the new representative of the National Council of Resistance of Iran in Washington provided some information regarding Dhahran Bombing in Saudi Arabia…

About 50 newspaper, magazine, radio and television reporters from U.S. and other countries of the world attended in this press conference, which had more participants than previous ones.

After the presentation by Ms. Sarvnaz Chitsaz, … the press members asked some questions… Most of Ms. Chitsaz's statement included the information regarding organization of Qods Force, which she considers the perpetrator of all terrorist operations related to Iran… She is convinced that Qods Force has been involved in Dhahran's bombing….

Ms. Chitsaz: [The reception by the media] demonstrates that what the Iranian Resistance, particularly Mr. Rajavi [the President of NCR], has been saying that the leaders of the regime are behind all terrorist activities, is taken seriously…

VOA: As you noticed, the turnout of American and International journalists in this press conference was enormous and unprecedented… What is your impression of the questions asked…?

Ms. Chitsaz: It is clear that they would have liked to have more details regarding the information we provided. But, of course, you realize that offering more details would have risks for our sources [inside Iran]….

VOA: The chart… showing the chain of command in the Qods Force caught the attention of the reporters and they were constantly taking pictures and inquiring about its operation. Apparently the latest information was regarding this very organization.

US Acts on Russian 'Hizbollah' Arms Deal, Daily Telegraph, April 17

American intelligence officials tried to sabotage a Russian weapons deal with Iran yesterday by leaking details of two meetings monitored in Moscow in which arms shipments were agreed….

Any new arming of Hizbollah is alarming to Washington Because of the growing suspicion that it provided logistics for last summer's bombing in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, killing 19 US airmen and injuring 500.

A group opposed to the Iranian regime, the National Council of Resistance of Iran, gave reporters in Washington what they called conclusive evidence yesterday that the bombing was directed by Iranian intelligence…

The bombers were allegedly trained at the Imam Sadeq base near the Iranian city of Qom...

Germany Objects to the Violation of International Law, Associated Press, April 17

BONN - Germany's parliament accused the Iranian government Thursday of a "flagrant violation of international law" in the 1992 assassination of four Kurdish dissidents in Berlin….

Thursday's resolution, passed in the Bundestag, parliament's lower house, said Iran must observe international law, end support for international terrorism, respect human rights and "refrain from hunting down opponents living abroad."…

Ruprecht Polenz, a legislator with Chancellor Helmut Kohl's Christian Democrats, suggested that governments of the European Union consider "sending home" any Iranian intelligence officials posted to Iranian embassies in EU nations….

HAMAS Warns Europe Against War with Iran, Agence France Presse, April 16

CAIRO - The Islamic radical group HAMAS on Wednesday warned European countries against getting involved in a conflict with Iran over terrorism accusations….

"We urge European countries to let reason prevail and not to give in to American incitement which could lead it unwittingly into a confrontation with Iran which could have harmful consequences for the whole world," the group said….

Austria Under Growing Pressure Over Kurd Slayings, Reuter, April 16

VIENNA, April 16 (Reuter) - Austria came under growing pressure on Wednesday to begin an inquiry into the 1989 shooting of three Kurds in Vienna after the widow of one victim said Iranian intervention had perverted the course of justice.

Less than a week after a German court accused Iran of ordering the slaying in 1992 of four exiled dissidents in Berlin, Austria faces increasing accusations that it bowed to pressure to let the Iranian suspected killers escape…

Getting Cornered, Reuter, April 17

DUBAI - Iranian state radio said on Thursday that Iran could turn from the European Union to Asia for its trade because of a row over a German court's ruling that accused Tehran leaders of ordering political killings….

[It is worth mentioning that Tehran's cleric tried to discount the effects of U.S. economic sanctions by saying they would turn to Europe. Now the clerics threaten to turn to Asia.]

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