DOMESTIC

Loyalty to Khamenei vital

Kayhan, June 7: Some of the so-called politicians occasionally speak in terms which please the enemies of the revolution. These include issues like human rights, freedom, role of the people, etc. Some interpret the people's participation in the elections in such a way that pleases the westerners... The only way to guarantee correct and logical direction of the revolution is for the executive officials to adhere to their vows of allegiance with the Velayat-e Faqih.

Tehran radio, June 5 - Majlis speaker Nateq Nouri said: We are all duty bound to help and support the future government to defend Khomeini's aspirations and realize the objectives of the system and the leadership.

Rough days ahead for new cabinet

BBC radio, Farsi service, June 7 - Bahonar, a member of the Majlis's leadership, told the Akhbar daily that the Majlis was sensitive towards each and every one of the ministers. The Majlis is planning to choose strong ministers, he said, adding, "Those who do not take the issue of cultural onslaught seriously cannot expect to be confirmed as Minister of Guidance."

Beware of feuding!

IRTV, June 7 - The Friday prayer leader of Qom, Amini: We are all submissive and obedient to Khamenei. All of us believe in the rule of a supreme jurist-consult... The people expect the officials to set aside their differences and interests, give priority to national interests, sit down as friends and agree on the formation of the cabinet ministers... The 30 million who went to the polls would have more hope, and this is what they indeed deserve. God forbid, if they see otherwise, they will be disappointed. That would be a catastrophe for all of us.

IRTV, June 7 - Nateq-Nouri, speaker of the Majlis: Our parliament is a powerful one as far as the Constitution is concerned. I dare to say that there is no parliament in the world as powerful as ours. .. It is our hope that there will be coordination between us, the parliamentarians and the future cabinet, when the cabinet ministers are introduced. I hope that we in the Majlis could have joint meetings and enough coordination with the President.

Officials shun Khomeini's memorial

Ilam radio, June 7 - The Friday Prayer leader of Ilam: I believe that the ceremonies for June 4 [Khomeini's death] and June 5 [the uprising in a Tehran seminary in 1963] must be accorded more importance this year. We owe so much to His Holiness the Imam, especially since the government officials failed to show up for his funeral ceremonies.

As government officials you bear great responsibility. You must take part in the Friday prayers, in the mass prayers, in all of the ceremonies which are held by the government. While Wednesday and Thursday were official holidays, some even took Tuesday off. These holidays were not intended for entertainment and hiking. You should have taken part in the funeral services for the Imam and the martyrs of June 5. You should not forget the Imam.

Terrorists strike again!

NCR Secretariat, June 5 - Terrorists dispatched by the Iranian mullahs' regime yesterday planted a bomb underneath a vehicle belonging to the Khabat organization, a dissident Iranian Kurdish group in Solaymania (Iraqi Kurdistan). Two peshmargas were wounded and their vehicle was badly damaged.

The day before, one of the activists of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Abdollah Khani, was murdered in Khalkan region, Iraqi Kurdistan, in an assassination attempt by terrorists dispatched by mullahs. These criminal attempts take place only 11 days after the regime's sham presidential elections.

FEATURE

Iran's election reveals the regime's weakness

By Ms. Sarvnaz Chitsaz, NCR's US representative

Excerpts:

Detroit News, June 6 - The real story of Iran's election is what it reveals about the regime's weakness and isolation... The clerical theocracy, now a three-headed beast, has been drastically weakened by the election. It is thus no accident that Khatami's victory comes at the same time that the Iranian resistance movement is enjoying a surge in popularity. For Khatami's election is the direct result of a weakening regime's inability to counter the threat of a popular alternative.

Maryam Rajavi has come to symbolize the antithesis to the mullahs' fundamentalism since the National Council of Resistance of Iran, the Resistance's parliament in exile, elected her in 1993 as president for the transitional period. Last June, she set off alarm bells in Tehran when she was welcomed by 25,000 Iranians in London, the largest gathering of Iranians abroad to date.

A poll taken by Resistance activists in 92 cities in Iran revealed she would receive 65 to 70 percent of the vote in a free, fair election. That support is also reflected in the steadily increasing stream of young recruits to the Resistance armed wing, the national Liberation Army of Iran, on the Iran- Iraq border. This younger generation of Iranians, who have known only the rule of fundamentalists, is in direct contact with the Resistance and is rebelling against the regime.

For this new generation of Iranians, the mullahs' elections signify only the bankruptcy of the regime. Despite the pretense that Khatami enjoys the support of the youth of Iran, it is to Rajavi that they look for change.

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