National Council of Resistance of Iran - Foreign Affairs Committee

Terrorism

Azerbaijan: 15 convicted of treason passed secrets to Iran

Sunday, 16 December 2007
BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) - Security officials in Azerbaijan (ah-zur-by-JAHN' ) say 15 people convicted of treason there had spied for Iran against the U.S., Britain and Israel. The National Security Ministry says the 15 provided Iranian intelligence with information on Western embassies, companies, pipeline operations and employees operating in the former Soviet republic.
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Iran's Revolutionary Guards patrol Persian Gulf, U.S. says

Friday, 30 November 2007
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps has taken command of Iranian naval operations in the Persian Gulf, the U.S. military has revealed. That means U.S. naval forces are operating in the same waters as an organization the United States considers a major supporter of terrorist activity. Adm. Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, made the disclosure Wednesday at the Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, where he was answering questions from military students.
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U.S. commander: Iran still supporting Iraqi militias

Monday, 26 November 2007
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Shi'ite militias in volatile parts of Baghdad continue to receive support from Iran, a U.S. commander said on Monday, in contrast to U.S. officials who noted positive developments in Iran's role inside Iraq. Army Col. Don Farris, commander of U.S. troops in the Sadr City and Adamiya areas of Baghdad, said the number of attacks in his sector had dropped 75 percent since May.
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EU should impose sanctions on the IRGC and ban the institution of terror - Dutch group

Tuesday, 13 November 2007

NCRI - In a letter to the Prime Minister of Portugal, JosÃ© SÃ³crates, whose country holds the current rotating presidency of the European Union, Prof. dr. Henk de Haan, Chairman of the Dutch Group of Friends of a Free Iran, described the U.S. move to blacklist the Iranian regime's Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) as a "great stride in the war against terrorism." Text of the letter follows:

Sunday, 11 November 2007
NCRI - Sheikh Fayez Lafta Aliwi and three other tribal leaders from Al-Obeidi tribe were killed in a terrorist attack by the armed militias affiliated to the Iranian Qods force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The assault had followed a mortar attack to Dujma region in Diyala province of Iraq on November 9. The Multi-National Division - North Public Affairs Office stated in a press release issued after the attack: "Sheik Fayez of the Obeidi tribe, an influential leader in ongoing reconciliation efforts to further advance the safety and security of the Iraqi people in Diyala Province, was killed in an explosion inside his home, near the village of Khalis at approximately 6 p.m. Iraqi local time on November 9.
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US military says finding more Iranian arms in Iraq

Sunday, 11 November 2007
BAGHDAD, Nov 11 (Reuters) - The quantity of Iranian bomb-making components being found in Iraq is increasing despite a fall in attacks and 20 Iranian-trained agents are still operating south of Baghdad, a top U.S. general said on Sunday. Extensive Iranian influence in Iraq remained evident, said Major-General Rick Lynch, despite signs of a possible easing of tensions between Washington and Tehran over security in Iraq.
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Iranian is key to UK hostages

Sunday, 11 November 2007
By: Hala Jaber and Michael Smith The Sunday Times - An Iranian agent held by the Americans in Iraq is at the centre of attempts to get five British hostages freed, a senior Iraqi official claimed last week. The five men - four bodyguards and an economics expert working for the US company BearingPoint - were kidnapped from the Iraqi finance ministry in May.
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Iranians named over Buenos Aires bombing

Sunday, 11 November 2007

By Tim Shipman in Washington and Philip Sherwell in New York

The Sunday Telegraph - Iran's deputy defence minister is one of five top Teheran officials placed on Interpol's most wanted list for the 1994 bombing of a Jewish centre in Argentina that killed 85 people, The Telegraph can reveal.

Ahmad Vahidi, a brigadier-general in the elite Islamic Revolutionary Guards, is in charge of the regime's defence procurement and rocket and missile programme.