Hashemi's Diary, 22 Mehr 1382: Shirin Ebadi entered Tehran tonight to a warm welcome from liberals

MP Ahmad Bourghani Farahani arrived. He brought a joint letter from a group of MPs to Mr. Khatami, the President, on nuclear issues, asking that the country not be pushed into crisis as a result. They criticized the country's ineffective foreign policy.

According to Ambassador Arjan's report, quoted by Sharq Media Group, Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani wrote in his memoirs on October 22, 2002: Mr. Jalal Talabani [leader of the Patriotic Union of Iraqi Kurdistan Party] came. He said, America cannot establish security in Iraq and cannot leave Iraq with this situation. The right way is to leave the affairs to the Iraqi people. He wanted Shiites and Kurds to be united and Iran to have a serious presence in the reconstruction of Iraq.

He said that clues have been obtained about Saddam [Hussein] and he predicted that he would be arrested. Turkish soldiers will not be allowed to enter Iraq in any way, and America will also gradually.

He realizes his mistake, they are very sad. He said, your interpretation [about America] that the brain of a sparrow is in the head of a dinosaur was very correct.

Mr. [Hossein] Mahluji came. He said, in the case of Shirin Ebadi [Nobel Peace Prize winner], arrangements should be made so that opponents and enemies do not abuse him. He said that the approval of the 20-year vision by the Assembly [Determining the Expediency of the System] is an important task and reminds of your Iran 1400 and Great Islamic Civilization program, but it will not be implemented with this state of management.

Mr. [Ahmed] Burqani [Farahani], a member of parliament, came. He brought a letter from a group of representatives to Mr. Khatami, [President] about nuclear issues, asking them not to let the country fall into a crisis through this path. They have criticized the ineffective foreign policy of the country.

He said, Mr. Khatami, in the parliament today, in response to reporters, expressed his satisfaction with the [Shirin] Ebadi award, but he got angry with the journalists' stubbornness and said, this award is not important and it was also given to [Shimon] Peres, [Menachem] Begin, and [Anwar] Sadat, which caused resentment of the Doumakhradadis and is against their expectations.

He said, a group of representatives [of the 6th parliament] want to pass a law that will force the government to sign the additional protocol and consult. I said, it is not advisable; They weaken the position of the system and the enemy will demand more points.

He said, on the contrary, some people are thinking of a plan to prevent the signing of the additional protocol. I said, that is not good either. Let the government act with an open hand. They are thinking of solving the problem.

A huge explosion in front of the Turkish embassy [in Baghdad] killed and injured several people. Turkish President [Ahmad Necdet Sezer] said that the government does not have to send troops.

In Najaf, there was a clash between the forces of Moqtada Sadr and supporters of Ayatollah [Syed Ali] Sistani. Martial law was declared in the city, and in Karbala there was a clash between Muqtada Sadr's supporters and the police. With many dead and wounded and military rule. Moqtada Sadr has demanded the management of the holy shrines, and he is pursuing the plan of forming his cabinet, which is gradually leading to chaos. This is added to the increasing operations against the occupiers and the harsh treatment of the Americans against the people and assaults on women and families.

In the [UN] Security Council, the revised US plan on Iraq has been published, but it is still not accepted by the opposition. They say, it has not changed much and they order the governing council to prepare the constitution and hold elections in a short period of time.

In Saudi Arabia, there was an unprecedented anti-government demonstration in Riyadh today. Although Saudi Arabia has ordered the formation of city councils, half of the members are elected and half are appointed. An armed group is surrounded by the police in the north of Riyadh.

In Palestine, Israel's invasion of the Rafah camp continues; With casualties and destruction. They claim that they have discovered several tunnels between Rafah-Gaza and Rafah-Egypt, where weapons and ammunition are imported. In Bolivia, there has been a widespread seizure for several days and dozens have died. People are against selling gas to America through Chile.

The ministers of foreign affairs [member countries of the organization] of the Islamic Conference in Malaysia, in the draft resolution, have condemned the aggression against Iraq and called Iraq oppressed. In Pakistan, 600 lawyers protested against [President] Musharraf's extravagance. In [the Republic of] Azerbaijan, [President] Heydar Aliyev has withdrawn his [presidential] election candidacy in favor of his son Ilham. The [UN] Security Council has approved that ISAF forces in Afghanistan go to cities other than Kabul.

Shirin Ebadi arrived in Tehran tonight with a wide welcome from liberals.