Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – November 1, 2003

In the morning and evening session of the Assembly, we completed the policies of the fourth plan. Mr. Khatami, [President] appreciated the effective efforts of the assembly. Dr. [Hasan] Rouhani, [Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council], gave a report on nuclear issues and the [International Atomic Energy Agency].

Yesterday's merciless attacks by the occupiers on the people of Abu Ghraib, which lasted for eight hours and killed 14 people and injured five people, have caused widespread discomfort and protest both inside and outside Iraq, and Baghdad was partially closed today. In the last few days, columns of smoke from explosions are constantly seen everywhere in Baghdad, helicopters are flying in the air and tanks are rolling in the streets. In Mosul and several other cities, a number of invaders were killed and wounded. The Americans are talking about accelerating the formation of the Iraqi military and using former soldiers.

Mr. [Qassem] Soleimani, [commander of IRGC Quds Force] quoted Mr. Abdul Aziz Hakim, [Speaker of the Supreme Assembly of Iraq] that the Americans asked him to organize demonstrations by the people of Iraqi cities to confirm the presence of the occupiers; In contrast to the action taken by the Democrats in America by gathering people from 140 American cities to condemn the war policy of the White House. Mr. Hakim did not accept.

[Jalal] Talabani, [Leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan] became the head of the Iraqi Governing Council from today. [Hoshiar] Zibari, [Iraqi Foreign Minister] said, he will not participate in the meeting of foreign ministers of Iraq's neighbors, which is being held in Syria, in protest of underestimating Iraq. Jalal Talabani has criticized the statements of [Syrian Foreign Minister] Farouq al-Shora, who said that they benefited from the US attack on Iraq, Israel and the Kurds.

In the southwest of Afghanistan, 40 people have been killed and many injured as a result of the conflict between the government forces and the forces of local commanders. In the southeast, there have been heavy attacks on American centers.

Zionist organizations have blamed the results of the European Union opinion poll, which revealed that 60% of Europeans consider Israel to be the cause of war. In the German Parliament, one of the representatives mentioned the violence of the Jews in Russia during World War II and considered it similar to the work of the Nazis, which was objected to by the Zionists.

As a protest, an American woman crashed her car into the building where [President George] Bush's speech was held and was arrested. Tony Blair [British Prime Minister] said harsh things against Iran, which the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded to.

In China, a cloned cow also gave birth to a calf, disproving the theory of some scientists who believe that cloned animals only give birth to female babies. China is talking about sending three astronauts into space in the near future.