In a news conference held in Baghdad on April 5 the Chief of Staff of the
National Liberation Army of Iran Commander Mahmoud Atai'I discussed the
outcome and accomplishments of the "Shining Sun" operation, which
took place on March 28 in Khuzistan.
A large number of representatives of the international media - including Agence France Press, Reuters, Associated Press, the Middle East Newsn Agency, Anatoli News Agency (Turkey), Gulf News Agency and the Jordanian News Agency as well as Monte Carlo Radio, `Voice of America," Cairo Radio, Turkish National Radio and Television, and a number of Arabic publications like A l-Anbaa A l-Seyassa Al-Arab and Al- Watan -Al-Arabi - attended the conference. Mohammad Seyedol Mohaddessin,head of the Mojahedin's political department, introduced Commander Atai'i, who is also a member of the Mojahedin's executive committee.
Mahmoud Atai'i, 39, is a metallurgical engineer who joined the Mojahedin 20 years ago. Commander Atai'I has been one of the highest-ranking commanders and officials of the Mojahedin since the fall of the Shah. In the post-revolutionary parliamentary elections, he was the Mojahedin's candidate from Khoras san province. After the beginning of the armed resistance in1951, he was in chae of the Mojahedin's operations and commanded hundreds of operations in Tehran and elsewhere. Since the foundation of the National Liberation Army in 1957, Commander Atai'i has served as its Chief of Staff.
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