Women in Baghdad have demonstrated due to insecurity and the kidnapping of women. In the United States, several demonstrations have been held against the continued occupation of Iraq, and some polls indicate a decline in George Bush's popularity.
I went to one of the missile manufacturing centers. Mr. Ali Shamkhani, the Minister of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics; Mr. Ahmad Vahid Dastjerdi, the CEO of the Aerospace Industries Organization; Mr. Hossein Dehghan, the Deputy Minister of Defense; Mr. Karimi; and Mr. Yadollah Habibi, the Supreme Leader's representative in the Ministry of Defense, gave explanations about the Zelzal, Shahab, Qadr, and Safir missiles, and other surface-to-surface missiles with liquid fuel, as well as the Fateh missile with solid fuel, with ranges from 100 kilometers to 2000 kilometers. Currently, the 1500-kilometer range version is operational, and the missiles needed for satellite launches are also being studied and planned.
Then we visited the parts manufacturing, assembly, design, and sales halls. Afterwards, we saw the TOW, Dragon, Malyutka, Sayyad-1 and -2, and Silkworm missiles, and various types of surface-to-sea and surface-to-surface missiles with ranges up to 300 kilometers at sea, which are similar to Chinese, Korean, Russian, American, and French missiles, typically built through reverse engineering and domestication. Honestly, it is a valuable industrial complex, and they are much cheaper than their similar global counterparts. In a gathering of managers, Mr. Shamkhani gave a welcome speech, and I gave an encouraging speech.
After the congregational prayer and lunch, I returned to my office at 3:30 PM. I worked on tasks until night. The issue of Hadi Soleimanpour's arrest in England is hot in the media. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has summoned and questioned the chargés d'affaires of Argentina and England. Some foreign radios say his real name is Sonobari, and when the Lebanese painter Anis Naqash was in prison in Paris, he visited him many times.
The response of the Public Relations Department of the Tehran Judiciary to the statements of the President and the Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance regarding the publication of books is harsh and has confronted them. The failure to approve the bill for the division of Khorasan has made some happy and others unhappy.
In Najaf, an explosion at the office of Ayatollah Seyyed Mohammad Saeed Hakim, one of the sources of emulation, injured him and killed three of his guards and wounded several others. It seems the aim was to weaken the Najaf seminary.
A group calling itself "Lashkar-e Mohammad," which has released a video with its members masked, has claimed responsibility for the bombing of the UN office in Baghdad. Kofi Annan, the UN Secretary-General, has appointed Portuguese diplomat Romário Lopes da Silva as the interim successor to Sergio Vieira de Mello and has transferred some staff to Jordan.
Women in Baghdad have demonstrated due to insecurity and the kidnapping of women. A number of American soldiers have been killed and wounded in the cities of Qa'im, Ramadi, Baqubah, Baghdad, and Tikrit, and their commander has admitted that the number of guerrilla operations against them has doubled after the killing of Uday and Qusay, Saddam's sons, reaching 25 per day.
In the United States, several demonstrations have been held against the continued occupation of Iraq, and some polls indicate a decline in George Bush's popularity. The US government has established an office for film censorship in Hollywood.
An American priest who was imprisoned for child molestation was killed in a fight with his cellmate. A court of inquiry has summoned Tony Blair, the Prime Minister of Britain, regarding the death of David Kelly, a weapons inspector.
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