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To: Sun Tzu who wrote (97227)	5/2/2003 11:18:00 AM
From: Jacob Snyder	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

<MKO does not have a popular base in Iran.> They do, however, have a popular base in Washington: A majority of House members, both Democrats and Republicans, issued an unusual "Statement of Iranian Policy" Wednesday, lauding the goals of an exiled opposition movement the State Department links to terrorism. Calling for a "firm policy against the Tehran regime," the members called for the U.S. government to align itself with the goals of the National Council of Resistance. The State Department lists the council as an alias for the Iraq-based Mujahedeen Khalq, which is considered a terrorist organization seeking the forceful overthrow of Iran's Islamic government. Soona Samsami, U.S. representative of the council, lauded the congressional action, saying a revolution is underway in Iran to overthrow the government led by President Mohammad Khatami, which Western governments view as more moderate than the ruling Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The congressional policy statement views Khatami and Khamenei as closely aligned. "Any talk of political openness or moderation is ill-advised," said the policy statement, citing suppression of student demonstrators, the closed-door trial of Iranian Jews and terrorist assault on dissidents abroad under Khatami. "It is only our support for the Iranian people's aspirations for fundamental change and the democratic goals of the National Council of Resistance that can contribute to the promotion of peace, human rights and stability in this part of the world," the House members said. The statement was signed by 228 members, about evenly divided between Democrats and Repubicans and including both liberals and conservatives. 10/11/00 AP news cnn.com