The force of the explosions inflicted heavy damages on Iraqi citizens in nearby villages. The Mojahedin did not suffer any casualties.
The Scud-B missiles were reportedly fired by Al-Hadid missile Brigade of the clerical regime's Guards Corps from Kermanshah's Montazeri Garrison towards Ashraf basecamp. The brigade is commanded by Guards Corps Brig. Gen. Hassan Maqaddam who left Tehran for Kermanshah three days ago and is presently based at Montazeri Garrison.
The decision to use Scud-B missiles and weapons of mass destruction against the Mojahedin was made at a Supreme Security Council meeting headed by mullah Mohammad Khatami, the regime's president.
The Scud-B missile attack, just a day after the mullahs' heinous, terrorist carbomb operation in public against the Mojahedin, is a clear indication of the mullahs' fear of the Mojahedin and the National Liberation Army of Iran.
Mr. Massoud Rajavi, President of the National Council of Resistance and Commander in Chief of the National Liberation Army of Iran made the following comments in this regard: The moribund mullahs have found no solutions but resort to terrorism and export of crises to break out of the crises which have engulfed their faltering regime. They have therefore unleashed their savagery without paying attention to the political and strategic consequences of their deeds. They have resorted to blind terrorism by various forms of bombing in public places and deploying weapons of mass destruction, heedlessly violating the terms of the United Nations resolutions. Nevertheless, the mullahs' religious, terrorist dictatorship will not benefit from these ploys and this illegitimate regime will be definitely overthrown.
The Leader of the Iranian Resistance reiterated the movement's legitimate right to respond and pointed out: Now every one can see that the mullahs' claims of moderation and their rhetorics about "civil society" and "lessening the tensions" are but a myth.
Mr. Rajavi urged the UN Secretary General and all member states of the Security Council to condemn --on the basis of the Universal Declaration of Human Righs, the UN Charter and other international covenants-- the aggressions and crimes brazenly committed by the Iranian clerical regime.
Mr. Rajavi said: Various governments' approach to the clerical regime's crimes and acts of aggression comprise an unforgettable criterion for judgment by the Iranian people and Resistance.
Mr. Rajavi added: Since the mullahs' desperate regime has not yet claimed responsibility for the missile attack and its other terrorist crimes, and attempts to cowardly evade the consequences of its own deeds, I hereby urge the UN Secretary General and the Security Council to dispatch a mission to the site to inspect the evidence of these criminal acts and use of weapons of mass destruction.
The People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran
June 11, 1999
CC:
- UN Secretary General
- Member states of the UN Security Council
- Foreign Ministers of the permanent members of the Security Council
- President and member states of the Arab League
Back Home