Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi - December 20, 2001

Conclusion of the decision of the Court of First Instance related to the three members of the Sixth Majlis in the Court of Appeals of Tehran Province and the reaction of the Presidium of the Parliament to it according to Hashemi's account

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I was in Kooshk's office. We also had a drizzle. I spent my time reading for the lectures of the programs of Qom, the conference for the promotion of religious culture, bulletins and reports. In the domestic media, the issue of the confirmation of the convictions of three representatives in the appeals courts, the disempowerment of the presidium of the parliament, and the harsh response of the head of the judiciary in Tehran to the statements of the 2nd of Khordad are of interest.

In response to Iran's objection to the aggression of a ship carrying goods for Iran at the mouth of the Arvand River, the United States said that the ship did not belong to Iran, but belonged to Saudi Arabia and was sailing under the Belizean flag.  

 In Palestine, clashes continue. [Yasser] Arafat has declared a unilateral ceasefire, closed a number of Hamas and Islamic Jihad offices, arrested a number of people, and called on Hamas to stop its martyrdom operations. Syria and some other Arab countries have strong positions and want to sever all relations with Israel, while Egypt, Jordan, and others are conservative.

The United Nations Security Council has issued a resolution that gives the Palestinians the right to self-determination in their country, which is usually not implemented, and the United States has vetoed another resolution of this council regarding the deployment of peacekeepers to Palestine, while insisting on the deployment of peacekeepers in Afghanistan, and the Security Council has accepted the principle of sending peacekeepers to Afghanistan, but in terms of composition, number and conditions. There is a difference of opinion.

The situation on the Pakistan-India border has become tense after the attack on the Indian parliament and a number of people have been killed, and on the Afghan-Pakistani border, there has been a clash between Al-Qaeda forces and Pakistanis