Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi - April 18, 2002

The dispute over the density rate in Tehran caused trouble, and although the government passed a decree to stabilize the current situation, the Tehran City Council announced that the government had no right to interfere in the decisions of the city council.

Chinese President and Leader Jiang Zemin arrived in Shiraz with 180 entourage to visit Iran

More than 60 percent of Europeans have called for Europe to separate itself from the United States, and one-third of those who bought tickets to watch the Israeli team in Denmark returned their tickets.  

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At home and in the palace's office, time was spent studying. I asked about the Supreme Leader's condition on the phone. They said that their leg still hurts. I also asked Dr. [Seyyed Mahmoud] Tabataba'i, and he said that it is a mild disc and can be treated with rest.

The news of the killing of two people in the demonstrations in the city of Ferdows, which took place in protest against the partition of Khorasan, as well as the demonstrations and disturbances of Akbarabad and Saadat in the city of Shiraz, is regrettable. The dispute over the density rate in Tehran caused trouble, and although the government passed a decree to stabilize the current situation, the Tehran City Council announced that the government had no right to interfere in the decisions of the city council.  

Jiang Zemin, the president and leader of China, arrived in Shiraz with 180 people to visit Iran.  

The conflict in Palestine continues. The leaders of the Christian community in Palestine have asked the Pope [John Paul II, the leader of the world's Catholics], to intervene for the besieged in the Church of the Nativity. A 14-year-old boy escaped the siege and was arrested. He said that the besieged people were running out of food. The boy's name is Jihad Abd al-Rahman.  

The arrival of the international rescue forces in the Jenin camp and the observation of the remnants of Israel's crimes and the distribution of pictures of them, have created tremendous hatred in the world towards Israel and the United States, and it is truly terrible. More than 60 percent of Europeans have asked in polls that Europe should separate itself from the United States. One-third of those who bought tickets to watch the Israeli team match in Denmark returned their tickets. About 18,000 people had bought tickets.  

Many Jewish rabbis in the world have disavowed Israel's crimes, as if Israel is repeating the same policy of massacre of Deir Yasin and the village of Nazareth with the aim of fleeing the Palestinians. Upon learning of the defeat of [Colin] Powell during his 10-day trip to the region, George W. Bush brazenly repeated the same words and the same threats, and chanted the same slogan "with us, or with the terrorists."

Mohammad Zahir, the former Shah of Afghanistan, returned to Kabul today in an Italian C-130 military plane under the protection of the Italian military, and was officially welcomed by the Italian military. [Hamid Karzai], [the head of the interim government of Afghanistan] and a few ministers went to Rome to accompany him. His children accompanied him, but his wife remained in Rome. He is supposed to preside over the session of the Loya Jirga. The counter-revolution claims that Iran is upset about the return of Zahir Shah.

In Kandahar, four Canadian soldiers were killed and eight others were seriously injured in a mistaken bombing by the Americans. Three Americans were also killed in an explosion. There is a lot of pressure on the United States. In the United States, the families of Muslim detainees have filed lawsuits against the U.S. government and the U.S. Attorney General for violating the laws regarding detainees. The Democratic Party has started propaganda against [George] Bush, which he wants to use in domestic elections by creating an atmosphere of competition.

In Yugoslavia, a former interior minister committed suicide after parliament approved the extradition of war crimes defendants to the International Criminal Court, and 19 people have been asked to turn themselves in. Arab lawyers have also taken steps to bring [Israeli Prime Minister] Sharon to the war crimes trial. Iranian lawyers have also taken steps to take the hypocrites [= the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization] involved in the assassinations to the [war crimes] court. With the ratification of 66 countries, the permanent international criminal court, affiliated with the United Nations, has been formalized, and the United States has expressed concern that its military personnel will be introduced to this court.

Clashes in the Indian state of Gujarat have once again shut down the Indian parliament. Today, a small plane crashed into a 30-story building in Milan, Italy, causing a lot of damage. George W. Bush has explicitly said that Yemen and Georgia, like Afghanistan, will become centers of terrorism.