NATO members decided to take steps to expand the sanctions against Yugoslavia and to prevent fuel supplies, air traffic, trade, and other forms of commerce from reaching Serbia’s neighboring countries, while assuring them that they would support them in the event of a Yugoslav attack.
NATO members decided to take measures to expand the sanctions against Yugoslavia, prevent fuel supplies, aircraft flights, trade, and other forms of commerce from reaching the neighboring countries of Serbia, assure those countries that they would be supported in the event of a Yugoslav attack and that their territory could be used for attacks, restrict the foreign travel of Yugoslav officials, and place their bank deposits under their supervision. In a retreat, Yugoslavia allowed Red Crescent personnel to be stationed in Kosovo and to meet with the three captured American soldiers.
[Today was Ashura.] I spent most of my time studying accounts of the Battle of Karbala: Waq'at al-Taff, concerning Abu Mikhnaf's account of the martyrdom, which establishes that the existing book is different from Abu Mikhnaf's original work and also contains many errors; Maqtal al-Husayn by the late [Seyyed Abd al-Razzaq] Muqarram; and Tariqat al-Najat, both for engaging in the mourning observances of Ashura and for preparing the Friday sermon. I also read some of the Gospels, including Paul's letters to non-Jewish churches, in which he expresses his anger at the Jewish group's exclusivist approach and its restriction of the path to salvation to circumcision in its teachings. He also criticizes some of the other Christian apostles and complains about distortions in the Gospels.
Before noon, Mohammad-Aqa, the youngest son of Martyr Motahari, came. He is leaving for Canada to study. His scholarship has been provided by a small Christian denomination in exchange for a scholarship that the [Imam Khomeini] Institute of Mr. [Mohammad-Taqi] Mesbah [Yazdi] in Qom has provided to two of their religious students, who are now studying in Qom. He is going to pursue a PhD in religious philosophy there. He is going with his wife and child. He expressed concern about the political situation and the internal disagreements and conflicts. He sought help in taking his computer to Canada, saying that the software he had installed on it was needed for his studies. I told Mohsen to help him.
In the foreign news, the announcement by Egypt's al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya that it was abandoning its armed struggle, and the consequent announcement of the release of thousands of its prisoners, attracted attention.
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