Resistance carries out 294 operations in first seven months of 1997
NLA opens 9 new command centers, 3 new directorates and 3 new base camps

Mr. Massoud Rajavi, the Leader of the Iranian Resistance, announced: In the first seven months of 1997, the Mojahedin have carried out 294 operations inside Iran and the Resistance forces' social and political activities last June were carried out in 181 cities and towns across the country.

Referring to the increasing influx of youths who in recent months have joined the National Liberation Army of Iran, Mr. Rajavi added: During this period, the NLA command centers have increased from six to 15, three new directorates and three new military base camps have been opened along the Iran-Iraq frontier.

The NLA Commander in Chief was speaking as a guest of honor at the Mojahedin's congress which ended yesterday. The congress elected Ms. Mahvash Sepehri, 41, from Iranian Kurdistan, as the Mojahedin's new Secretary General. The Iranian Resistance's President-elect, Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, also attended the congress.

Mr. Rajavi announced the new organizational structure of the NLA following the army's expansion this year. He introduced the three new deputies to the General Command: Ms. Fahimeh Arvani, deputy for personnel, Ms. Ozra Alavi Taleghani, deputy for training, and Ms. Hamideh Shahrokhi, deputy for planning.

Mr. Rajavi said: Following the recent "elections," the mullahs' leadership has become a triumvirate, weakening and undermining the regime in its entirety, and speeding up the pace of developments in favor of the Iranian Resistance.

The Iranian Resistance Leader added: As a man who for 10 years was the mullahs' minister in charge of censorship, mullah Khatami is totally incapable of bringing about any reforms. His cabinet is made up of former Revolutionary Guards and terrorists who have been involved in most crimes committed by the regime in the past 18 years.

Mr. Rajavi reiterated: If Khatami were to take one step back from suppression and enforce the rule of law even by an inch or allow an iota of freedom, he would see that the Iranian people will quickly sweep aside this regime which is a hundred times more despised than the shah's dictatorship.

Pointing to recent comments by the mullahs' President, NLA Commander in Chief said: Backed by the Iranian people, the NLA will of course return to Iran, but to overthrow the clerical regime and establish democracy in that country.

Office of the People's Mojahedin of Iran - Baghdad
September 2, 1997

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