After several days of discussion in Vienna, it was announced tonight that the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency has approved the resolution proposed by Japan, Australia, and Canada by consensus and without a vote. Iran's representative, Mr. Ali Akbar Salehi, left the meeting in protest and, in an interview...
At the Friday prayers at the University of Tehran, I began the discussion on miserliness. In the second sermon, I spoke about Palestine, Iraq, and the Additional Protocol.
At night, Mr. Mohammad Reza Nouri Shahroudi, the former ambassador of Iran to Saudi Arabia, came and gave a report on his meetings with Bashar al-Assad, the President of Syria, and Muammar Gaddafi, the leader of Libya, and criticized the stagnation of cooperation with Libya.
After several days of discussion in Vienna, it was announced tonight that the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency has approved the resolution proposed by Japan, Australia, and Canada by consensus and without a vote. Iran's representative, Mr. Ali Akbar Salehi, left the meeting in protest and, in an interview, described the Board's action as contrary to explicit international regulations. The widespread reflection of this news around the world indicates its sensitivity. America and Israel have expressed happiness. The group of Non-Aligned representatives on the Board has announced that the Board's action is contrary to legal standards and that one must await its consequences.
In Palestine, after Friday prayers, tens of thousands of people demonstrated against the decision to exile Yasser Arafat, the head of the Palestinian Authority. Arafat, among the people, said that Israel can kill him but cannot exile him, and that he prefers death to exile. America and many countries of the world called this Israeli decision dangerous.
In Iraq, American military personnel shot at Fallujah police, killing 10 and wounding 10. In several operations, a number of American military personnel were killed and wounded. After Libya's submission to France and its acceptance to pay compensation—similar to what it paid to America—France withdrew its veto of the resolution to lift sanctions on Libya, and the lifting of sanctions was approved; previously, Libya had called this French demand extortion.
Italy announced that 4,100 people had died due to the summer heat, and in France, 12,000 people had died. Storms in Italy and Japan caused extensive damage and casualties. Anna Lindh, the Foreign Minister of Sweden, who had been stabbed in a store, died in the hospital. In Afghanistan, insecurity is intensifying.
On the Zanjan-Mianeh road, a bus collision with a truck killed 35 people. Mr. Hadi Soleimanpour, the former ambassador of Iran to Argentina, was released on bail.
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