DOMESTIC

Medieval punishments

Ressalat daily, Oct. 9 - Following the final decision by the Supreme Court, fingers of two individuals convicted of theft were publicly amputated in the central square of the city of Babol [near the Caspian Sea].

Executions and arrests

Ettela'at daily, Oct. 8 - Twenty-five individuals were publicly hanged in the northeastern Province of Khorassan on the charge of drug trafficking.

NCR secretariat, Oct. 6 - The Khomeini regime's Guards Corps has arrested hundreds of people over the past days in Tehran, specially in the southern districts, reports from Iran say. The arrests were made under the pretext of drug trafficking, consumption of alcoholic beverages and smuggle of foreign currency. Those arrested include many groups of women.

The National Council of Resistance of Iran condemns and views these brutal arrests as a measure to terrorize the public.

Seventh Christian minister murdered

The Jubilee Campaign reported on October 3, that the body of a 34-year-old Iranian minister, Mohammad Baqer Yousefyi, was found hanging from a tree in the northern town of Qaemshahr. Known as The Rev. Mohammed Ravanbakhsh, he was the minister of the "Assembly of God" churches in Mazandaran Province, northern Iran. The NCR secretariat issued a statement on October 5 condemning the murder of this seventh Christian minister by the religious terrorist dictatorship in Iran.

Students campaign against regime

Weekly Iran-Zamin, Oct. 7 - The beginning of the new academic year has been accompanied with stepped up activities of the resistance forces in Iran, reports in September indicated. The regime failed in its attempts to prevent anti-government activities and publicity campaigns in support of the Resistance's President-elect despite close scrutiny and heavy control.

The Bassij para-military troops launched urban maneuvers in several cities across the country, but could not prevent the students' distribution of the printed messages of the Resistance's President-elect.

Revolutionary courts to remain

Tehran radio , Oct. 4 - In a meeting today with the judges of the Islamic revolutionary courts, Yazdi, the head of the Judiciary, emphasized that so long as the regime of the Islamic Republic has enemies, the revolutionary courts will remain in place.

Do you know?

Israeli radio, Oct. 6 - A listener from Tehran has written: Do you know that more than 200 bodies are buried in Behesht-i-Zahra (Tehran's principal cemetery) everyday, %60 of whom are under 40? Do you know that more than 1.4 million cases of divorce are under process in Tehran? Do you know that the families of those secretly executed by the Islamic revolutionary courts must pay the cost of the bullets used for execution before they can find out where their beloved are buried?

FOREIGN

Summoning terrorist diplomats

NCR Secretariat, Oct. 4 - The Court of Istanbul convenes for the fifth time to examine the case of two of the murderers of NCR member, Mrs. Zahra Rajabi, and Mr. Ali Moradi, a sympathizer of the Mojahedin.

The families of the victims have requested that the ambassador and consul of the mullahs' regime be summoned to the court to explain about the role of the Khomeini regime's terrorist diplomats in this terrorist crime.

Iranian refugees jeopardized

Radio France International, Oct. 10 - Ten Iranian political asylum seekers, including a woman, have gone on hunger strike since 18 days ago to press for refugee status. The hunger strikers were very weak, experiencing dizziness and stomach bleeding. Ninety others have been on protest for the past 14 months. The asylum seekers are afraid of being extradited to Iran by Turkish officials.

Shopping arms in Switzerland!

Italian daily, Corriere della Sera, Oct. 6 - An Iranian delegation was on a secret mission in Switzerland a few weeks ago to buy arms from Oerlikon company. Tehran agents negotiated for having access to necessary technology for the production of various types of weapons.

In the past, Tehran had asked for the cooperation of Oerlikon to strengthen its anti-aircraft defenses in the Persian Gulf and the islands under the control of the Guards Corps and overlooking the oil shipping route.

The Iranians have shown special interest to attain the know-how for the systems used in these weapons. Following the lastest contact, the Swiss company expressed its readiness to deliver necessary material and training for the Iranian personnel.

Intelligence sources in Beirut said the Lebanese Hezbollah have recently received advanced anti-aircraft equipped weapons from Tehran, made by Oerliken. They have recently received 35mm Contraves Skyguard ADS and Oerlikon Bhurle GDF 002. There is little control over weapons exports in this country and government officials in such cases normally turn a blind eye.

Terrorist infiltration in Jordan

Jordanian daily, Sawt ul-mar'a, Oct. 8 - Security officials are suspicious of Iranian personalities for a chain of operations smuggling arms and explosives into Jordan. Operating from Syria and Lebanon, organizations close to Tehran are still trying to create grounds for their activities inside Jordan, government sources say. Jordan is concerned that the participation of the leaders of certain Islamic organizations which are officially active in Jordan, in the meeting of the "heads of fundamentalists" may be linked to the Iranian operational plans in Jordan.

The meeting took place under the control of the Guards Corps six months ago in the city of Qom.

Sabotage in Sudan

Iraqi media, Oct. 3 - In a meeting with his Sudanese counterpart, the Iraqi foreign minister discussed details of Iran's aggressive and sabotaging role and its intervention in the internal affairs of Iraq.

FEATURE

General Disarmament Plan

Reports from Iran

The clerical regime started a major campaign some eight months ago to collect the firearms in the possession of the public. Khamenei [the regime's supreme leader] granted "amnesty for holders of firearms, on the condition that they would turn in their weapons to the security centers."

The public response was negative. The regime consequently launched a major propaganda campaign as the deadline approached. Placards and fliers covered the walls in many cities and the state media encouraged the public to turn in their arms and be included in the amnesty. In Tehran, officials filled the city with leaflets stating: "General amnesty: You can turn in your weapons without any punishment."

When propaganda failed, the regime issued strong threats to punish those who had not handed over their arms. In the northwestern city of Tabriz, the regime has disseminated rumors that once the deadline is over, security forces will attack houses suspected to have weapons hidden in them.

The regime claims in its propaganda that many gun owners have turned in their weapons to the specified centers. But what the people in the streets say is another story. The general view is that the regime is afraid of the day when the people would join the ranks of the National Liberation Army in its final surge to overthrow the regime.

Apart from a limited number of people who are in one way or another affiliated with the regime, others have held on to their weapons for the day of reckoning with the regime.

Reports from the provinces of Sistan & Baluchestan, Farse, Kahkiloyeh & Boyer Ahmad, Bushehr and Lurestan, where many people own hunting or battle guns indicate that to deceive the regime most people have turned in only one of two or three weapons they owned. The leaflets distributed in many regions in these provinces point to the ugly record of the mullahs and emphasize that the disarmament policy is to bring further pressure on the public in future. Other leaflets call on the people to keep their weapons and even make use of the opportunity to buy more weapons and ammunition.

The flyers in Isfahan, central Iran, reads, "Freedom cannot be achieved free. We must gain it with our struggle, love, honesty and sacrifice. For that, one must have arms and fight. Hence dear, brave compatriots, hold on to your guns!"

So, while the dead line for gun collection has been set for October 13, Tehran radio once again threatened on October 11 that "those who do not use this legal period, will be dealt with according to the law of increased punishment for smugglers and illicit gun owners," who have been already "detected by the security forces!" The radio also announced that the centers of gun collection will stay "open 24 hours" so that people could hand in their weapons at their convenience.

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