IRAN GIVEN OK TO REARM IN PERSIAN GULF

WASHINGTON [MENL] -- Congressional critics said the Clinton administrationhas allowed a Russian effort to rearm Iran that threatens the U.S. presencein the Gulf. Leading Republican senators said in the mid-1990s Russia supplied toIran more than 300 T-72S tanks, MiG-29 fighters, attack jets, attackhelicopters. Other weapons include 1,000 sea mines and torpedoesand perhaps shoulder-fighter Stinger anti-aircraft missiles.