The People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran issued a statement today indicating that at 2:15 a.m. (local time) this morning, terrorists dispatched by the clerical regime launched a rocket attack with 107mm rockets on the National Liberation Army's Homayoun base in the southern suburb of the Iraqi city of Al-Imara. The rockets missed their target and there were no injuries or material damages.

At the site where the rockets were fired, the equipment left behind by the terrorists included sacks bearing extra charges to fire the rockets and sacks bearing the sign "Iran Business Services Expansion Company Ltd.," which belongs to the Iranian regime's Intelligence Ministry.

Unable to confront the growing Resistance nationwide, the mullahs' faltering and crisis-ridden regime has found itself in dire need of such desperate terrorist acts as never before. This is particularly the case as efforts by Khatami and his Foreign Ministry to induce condemnation of the Mojahedin on the international level have miserably failed.

Underlining its legitimate right to respond and self defense, the People's Mojahedin of Iran call for the pursuit and punishment of the terrorists by Iraqi officials. They also urge the United Nations Security Council to condemn the clerical regime's terrorist crimes.
 
 

U.S. General: Iran's Behavior in Most Important Issues Not Changed, Reuter, May 25

LONDON—Commander of US forces in the Middle East, General Anthony Zinni cautioned against over-hasty engagement with Iran, saying Tehran had yet to show change on the issues of most concern to the United States -- weapons of mass destruction, support for terrorism and settling disputes in the Gulf.

In a lecture to Britain's Royal United Services Institute, Zinni, head of the U.S. Central Command responsible for Africa, the Greater Middle East and Central Asia, said that positive changes are yet to be seen in Tehran's security services and military programs.

"Has there been any reduction in the pursuit of weapons of mass destruction? We haven't seen it.

"Is there any reduction in the pursuit of a military capability that's offensive in nature -- missile programs, missile tests, naval programs that are obviously designed for Strait (of Hormuz) and Gulf control? We haven't seen it.

"Has there been any change in the intelligence service's support for terrorism? We haven't seen it. Has there been any attempt to negotiate through some of the sticky issues in the Gulf, like the issue of the islands with the United Arab Emirates? We haven't seen it," Zinni said.

Gulf Arab states were urging the United States to tread carefully with Iran, he said.
 
 

Mullahs Continue To Receive Missile Technology, The Washington Times, May 27

Lockheed Martin Corp., the world's largest defense contractor, is caught in the middle of a diplomatic battle between the White House and Russia over technology transfers to Iran….

The Bethesda, Md.-based company is pressing the Clinton administration to let it buy more Proton rockets from Russia for commercial launches….

But the White House and Rep. Benjamin A. Gilman, the New York Republican who is chairman of the House Foreign Relations Committee, say Russia must first reduce the flow of nuclear and missile technology to Iran.

"Modifying the quota would send a signal to the Russian government that we are not committed to halting Russian nuclear and missile proliferation to Iran," Mr. Gilman said in a statement….

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee also opposes Lockheed's request….

"We remain very deeply concerned regarding the flow of missile technology from Russia to Iran -- it hasn't abated," said AIPAC spokesman Ken Bricker.
 
 

Conservative Reappointed Head of Iranian State Radio, TV, Agence France Presse, May 26

Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday reappointed the conservative head of state radio and television to another five-year term and called for renewed commitment to the ideological struggle.

Khamenei, in a decree announcing the appointment, called on state radio and television to "protect the country against cultural and media attacks."

Programs must lead the youth towards commitment to religion and order, the mullahs' supreme leader said.

Larijani, the reappointed head of state-run radio and TV, is a regular target of criticism from the Khatami's

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