Mullahs' negative response necessitates decisiveness in place of critical dialogue

The mullahs' regime "has remained adamant on its position" during the meeting with the Troika representatives in Tehran, news agencies reported. This was also evident in comments by the regime's foreign minister, Ali Akbar Velayati, later broadcast by the state radio.

Earlier, different officials of the European Union member-states had made it clear that if the regime did not change its position, the continuation of critical dialogue could not be justified.

With the insistence of the mullahs' religious, terrorist dictatorship on the export of terrorism and fundamentalism and opposition to Middle East peace, adopting a decisive policy in place of critical dialogue becomes necessary. The Iranian Resistance calls for a comprehensive arms, oil and technological embargo against the Tehran regime.

Any effort to overlook the regime's defiant position concerning the demands of the Troika delegation, in bid to justify continued placating of the mullahs, is tantamount to sacrificing the most fundamental ethical principles before petty economic interests. It will only embolden the mullahs to intensify their terrorist crimes.

On the eve of departure to Tehran of the Troika representatives, Mr. Massoud Rajavi, President of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, warned about the regime's negative response wrapped in "deceit and obfuscation" to evade explicit condemnation of terrorism. Mr. Rajavi called on the EU to adopt a decisive policy and thereby not allow the mullahs to take further advantage of diplomatic ties with and assistance by the European countries to advance their expansionist and fundamentalist policies.

Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran - Paris April 3, 1996

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