Akbar Hashemi's memories - October 27, 2002

  The number of people killed in the Moscow theater was announced as 170 people, except for one person who was killed by a bullet.  50 of the hostage takers have been killed.

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[Mr. Elham Akramoff], the ambassador of Uzbekistan came.  It was not important. He wanted the assembly to approve the agreement between Iran and Uzbekistan, which comes to the assembly with the objection of the Guardian Council.  Mr. [Youssef] Senayi, [the head of the Kara Research Institute for Green Research] came from the African Studies Research Organization. He asked the officials to support and give research orders.  Mr. Taha Hashemi, [director of El-Ekht newspaper] came.  advised to form a group independent of left and right.

In the evening [Mr. Joseph Dice], the Swiss Minister of Foreign Affairs came.  He brought up the issues of the Middle East, human rights, and terrorism, and I said, these issues cannot be resolved without solving their causes.  Western oppression in Palestine and other places is one of the reasons why people resort to violence for their rights, and the development of weapons of mass destruction is also a consequence of giving these weapons to Iraq and Israel.  He wanted to know Iran's opinion about the Palestinian peace plans.

In Central Africa, rebellion and civil war have started.  In the anti-war demonstrations in America, in which more than 200,000 people participated, they demanded the removal of the American government and warned that [George] Bush's policy may cause a world war.  

The number of dead [hostage in the hall] of the Moscow theater was announced as 170 people, except for one person who was killed by a bullet, the rest died due to gas inhalation that the Russian agents used to make the hostages unconscious.  50 of the hostage takers have been killed.

One Pakistani prisoner and three Afghan prisoners have been released from Guantanamo and 30 new prisoners have been transferred there.  [Lawrence Foley], an American diplomat in Jordan who apparently worked for the USAID [United States Agency for International Development], was shot dead in front of his home by an unknown person and the killer ran away.  Due to the events in Bali and in the waters of Yemen, it has caused the Americans to worry.  

The unexpected success of the Islamists in the Pakistani elections, which led to the rule in the two northern and western states and made the formation of the federal government a problem, has worried the governments of America, Pakistan, and Afghanistan.