Menem said that the FBI report mentions Moshe Rabbani, a former cultural attache at the Iranian embassy, as a suspect in organizing the attack. Menem also said that the FBI would hand over its official report to Interior Minister Carlos Corach. Rabbani's arrest has been widely expected here for weeks. The Iranian supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has appointed the new interior minister, Abdolvahed Moussavi-Lari, as commander of the country's police force. Although Mr Khatami is president, his powers are limited.
Considerable power lies in the hands of the conservatives.
Iran's economy has been hit hard by the slump in oil prices. Mobs Attack Journalists - The new daily Toos which replaced the previously banned Jaame'eh, has been banned in Iran, only a week after it was launched. The official Iranian news agency, IRNA, said that the ban on the newspaper, Toos, had immediate effect. It said the ban had been issued by a branch of the Tehran justice department and listed several articles of the press law to back the ruling. Two other reporters from Associated Press were also beaten up.