Dutch Parliament Calls for Expulsion of Mullahs' Military Attaché, Iran Zamin News Agency, May 14  

The Dutch parliament overwhelmingly passed a resolution on May 13, calling for the expulsion of the Iranian embassy's military attaché from Holland.

The National Council of Resistance welcomed the initiative in a statement on May 14. The NCR said the call for practical measures reflects the repugnance the Dutch representatives feel towards the religious, terrorist dictatorship ruling Iran.

The Resistance coalition urged the Dutch Government to concur with the parliamentary measure, and expel the mullahs' military attaché, one of the regime's terrorist intelligence agents.

 

Egypt Says "Terrorism" Blocking Iran Relations, Reuter, May 14  

CAIRO - Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said Iran's support of political violence stood in the way of a thaw in relations between the two countries.

Mubarak said in a television interview broadcast late on Tuesday that he showed Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Velayati documents to prove Tehran's role in political violence when the Iranian minister visited Cairo earlier this month.

Velayati came to Cairo to invite Mubarak to an Islamic summit in Tehran in December. Mubarak did not say if he would go or not … "I took the invitation from him (Velayati). I talked to him about terrorism issues," Mubarak said. …

 

"No Effort To Educate" Quake Victims, Associated Press, May 14  

QAEN -- Iran has been prone through the ages to devastating earthquakes. Still, villagers build feeble mud houses on precarious foothills… the country could at least be more prepared, says Bahram Akasheh, Iran's top seismologist.

… there has been no effort to educate villagers about where to build homes and scant aid for stronger, concrete houses…

"The foothills are the worst places to build homes because that's where earthquakes strike hardest," Akasheh said. In Ardakul, villagers cleared rubble and started rebuilding their homes on the foothills.…

Akasheh said his earthquake center consists only of himself, another colleague and two graduate students. He said a proper institute should have 1,000 experts for research and advice.

Iran has compelling need for seismic research. In June 1990, two earthquakes struck northwestern Gilan and Zanjan provinces, killing 50,000 people. In 1978, a quake in the northeast killed 25,000 people.

 

Iranian Resistance Seeks International Aid To Save Quake Victims' Lives, Iran Zamin News Agency, May 14

Reports from Iran say the high casualties in the deadly earthquake in Khorassan, censored news reports, and the inhuman treatment of the victims by agents of the regime have outraged the Iranian public.

The mullahs have censored news and disseminated false figures to play down the dimensions of the calamity and prevent an explosion of public fury.

The regime has also prevented foreign medical teams from entering the country to conceal the actual number of victims. The mullahs have brazenly declared that they will accept "only cash." As a result, many of the injured have died.

The National Council of Resistance of Iran issued a statement in Paris, underscoring the precarious situation of the quake victims and calling on the United Nations and International Committee of the Red Cross to take immediate action to save the lives of thousands of victims.

 

Austrian Press Slams Government over Iran Report, Reuter, May 14

VIENNA - A government report on Austria's role in the flight of suspected Iranian killers eight years ago raised more questions than it answered and strengthened the case for a parliamentary inquiry, newspapers said on Wednesday.

They echoed opposition condemnation of the 200-page document, which opposition parties have called a smokescreen, and joined calls for a full investigation into events that followed the 1989 murders in Vienna of Iranian Kurdish leader Abdorrahman Qasemlu and two other activists…

"The government has pulled the wool over the government's eyes," wrote the Salzburger Nachrichten daily in a stinging editorial.

"(If the government can investigate itself) then firms may as well audit their own accounts, learner drivers issue their own licenses and students mark their own papers," it continued…

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