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BRIEF ON IR:AN
No. 798
Tuesday, December 9, 1997
Representative OfOce of
The National Council ofResistance ofIran
Washington, DC
Spying on Foreign Reporters in Tehran, Iran Zamin News Agency, December 8
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The regime's Ministry of Intelligence is doing it utmost to prevent foreign reporters from gaining access to the
realities of the Iranian society.
According to reports from Iran, the regime has instructed the majority of foreign reporters to leave Tehran
immediately after the summit of the Organization of Islamic Conference•.
The reporters·have reportedly asked to go to Com and meet with dissident clergymen. Meanwhile, the regime has
imposed more restrictions on Montazeri, form.er successor to Khomeini. MOl')tazeri's comments against Khamenei
in recent weeks escalated the power struggle within the regime.
Protest Gathering ofMojahedin Families in Tehran, Iran Zamin News Agency, December 8
According to reports from-Iran, simultaneous with the Organization ofIslamic Conference's
meeting in Tehran, large groups offamilies ofMojahedin martyrs and political prisoners gathered
today in the Iranian capital's Behesht..e Zahra cemetery to protest the clerical regime's repressive
policies.
The families gathered despite security measures by the regime and chanted slogans against the
regime's leaders, and in support ofthe National Liberation Army and the Resistance's leaders.
The protesters condemned the regime's efforts to take advantage ofthe OIC summit to legitimize
their atrocities in the name of.Islam.
The Revolutionary Guards attacked the gathering ofMojahedin families and arrested and took
a'way dozens of people, including elderly mothers, the reports say.
Iran Denies. It's Involvement in Killing ofFour Americans, Agence France Presse,
December 8
ISLAMABAD - Iran Monday denied its nationals were involved in the killing of four US business executives in the
Pakistani city of Karachi last month.
\E Police in Karachi said Sunday security agencies had detained eight Iranian nationals in connection wilhthe
1\ murder of the Americans •.
The detainees included two people suspected of involvement in the theft of the car the assailants used in the
November 12 slaying, the police said.
A police official said that investigators were working on a number of theories including suspicions ofan Iranian
c9nnection in, the slaying.