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RFE/RL Iran Report
Vol. 7, No. 36, 18 October 2004

A Review of Developments in Iran Prepared by the Regional Specialists
of RFE/RL's Newsline Team

IRANIAN INTELLIGENCE IS ACTIVE INTERNATIONALLY. The Czech
Republic's Security Information Service (BIS) in 2003 tracked the
activities on its soil of intelligence services from states suspected
of "covertly supporting terrorist organizations," according to the
Czech intelligence agency's annual report. "Among the most
frequently observed intelligence services are those of Iran, North
Korea, and several states of the former USSR," CTK quoted the report
as saying on 14 October.
In Baghdad, Iraqi intelligence chief Muhammad al-Shahwani
claimed on 14 October that 27 staffers at the Iranian Embassy are
conducting espionage, and that they recruited the assassins of 18
Iraqi intelligence personnel, Al-Sharqiyah television reported. The
Iraqi official said documents secured in raids on 29 September linked
Iran with the killings. 
Al-Shahwani added that according to these documents, Iran has
provided money for the creation of a television production company
headed by an Iranian named Jafar Pishqadam, "Al-Zaman" reported on 13
October. Moreover, Iran finances and supplies five radio stations and
some newspapers, and these business entities gather intelligence for
Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps. Another document found by
Iraqi intelligence states that Iran has provided $45 million for the
militias affiliated with Iraqi political parties. (Bill Samii)


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