well, salman, salman rushdie is a great example of somebody who has spent the last 30 years defendingan example of, of courage and of resilience. erm, and it's. .. for me, it's a source, it's an inspiration and a source of admiration in many senses. and you will continue to write about your country from inside your country? i have never, except for one book, i haven't written a page of fiction that is not obsessively about my country, about trying to understand its violence and trying to, uh, explore it and illuminate it. and as a journalist, i only try to defend our right — our right to peace, to have a peaceful country. which is, you know, hopefully in the making, but not there immediately. juan gabriel vasquez, thank you very much forjoining me on hardtalk. it was a pleasure. thank you. hello, there. for most of us, it has been a disappointing start to the week, in terms of the weather. a frequent rash of showers, particularly across scotland, gusts of winds coming from the north, and in excess of 30 mph, at times. temperatures struggled to get into double figures, but it was a sli

and i know you are friends with many writers around the world, including salman rushdie.e heard on certain issues, does it make you become more careful about what you say and write? well, salman rushdie is a great example of somebody who has spent the last 30 years defending the freedoms the rest of us take for granted and thriving. i think he is an example of, of courage and of resilience. and it's... for me, it's a source, it's an inspiration and a source of admiration in many senses. and you will continue to write about your country from inside your country? i have never, except for one book, i haven't written a page of fiction that is not obsessively about my country, about trying to understand its violence and trying to, uh, explore it and illuminate it. and as a journalist, i only try to defend our right — our right to peace, to have a peaceful country. which is, you know, hopefully in the making, but not there immediately. juan gabriel vasquez, thank you very much forjoining me on hardtalk. it was a pleasure. thank you. hello there. weather for the week ahead is pe

rushdie . what's his name, salman rushdie.e basically says he met margaret thatcher and she was very touchy feely. >> he's not the only one. christopher hitchens met margaret thatcher. he said he she slapped him on the bottom. so i mean, there's something about that where touchy feely means, well , about that where touchy feely means, well, you about that where touchy feely means, well , you know, she was means, well, you know, she was very sort of hands, i think she was quite playful and quite funny. and i don't think people realise how funny she was. yeah >> and i think that's part of it with people who maybe weren't a threat to her. >> oh they're just. yeah. people that she, she met and she's, you know, i, i think this is something that people don't know about her, but i think i can completely see it. what do you think? i imagine if you are living under such high security, there's a fatwa against you. you're spending a lot of time indoors, and all of a sudden you'd be grateful for anything, is what i'm saying. yes it gives

rushdie . what's his name, salman rushdie.basically says he met margaret thatcher and she was very touchy feely. >> he's not the only one. christopher hitchens met margaret thatcher. he said he she slapped him on the bottom. so i mean, there's something about that where touchy feely means, well , about that where touchy feely means, well, you about that where touchy feely means, well , you know, she was means, well, you know, she was very sort of hands, i think she was quite playful and quite funny. and i don't think people realise how funny she was. yeah >> and i think that's part of it with people who maybe weren't a threat to her. >> oh they're just. yeah. people that she, she met and she's, you know, i, i think this is something that people don't know about her, but i think i can completely see it. what do you think? i imagine if you are living under such high security, there's a fatwa against you. you're spending a lot of time indoors, and all of a sudden you'd be grateful for anything, is what i'm saying. yes it gives yo

rushdie are other great actions of imam khomeini.the participants in this meeting declared imam khomeini, may god's mercy be upon him, the great man of the present age , who revived the forgotten issue of palestine in the minds of the world, especially muslims, and for defending the rights of the palestinian people. it is your power to join the chele khemat campaign , just do something for the people and send the number 8 to 10039. today's lucky winner of 100 million tomans is our number 123 849 in the celebration of bareh bozor shahr , enjoy special discounts on all products , and in addition, just by being in the city of household appliances , participate in the daily lottery of 100 million tomans. this is a sports equipment store in a large iranian store, where you can easily choose your favorite sports equipment from among all the impressive variety, and then at an unbelievable price. unable to pay long-term installments, take it home for free, just like that. for sports equipment in sarai big irani big sarai irani in the cities

also, grobachev's invitation to islam and fatwa against salman rushdie are other great actions of imam khomeini. the participants of this meeting declared that imam khomeini may god's mercy be upon that great man of the present age that the forgotten issue of palestine in the minds of the world. he especially revived the muslims and took practical measures to defend the rights of the palestinian people . majid hashemi, islamabad radio and television news agency. in every province that we have a coast in the country. the president's express order for. a beach that is occupied by government administrative bodies, contrary to regulations. it should be released quickly, for the benefit of the people, we feel that we have ownership. well, god , it is so sweet that a person has something. we also feel that we have the sea , the environment for the people. the environment should be done so that people can use this space, so that the space is closed and only wanted. for example, it wanted to have a use , but it is not. with this point of view, the nature tourism project of ashurade island and

also , guchev's call to islam and fatwa against salman rushdie are other great actions of imam khomeinie participants in this meeting declared imam khomeini, may god's mercy be upon him, the great man of the present age, who revived the forgotten issue of palestine in the minds of the world, especially muslims, and for hello, tell us what your job is, i am a hospital supervisor, how old are you, 48, why did you come? i am a nurse myself, and fatigue doesn't mean anything to us in our job. mr. raisi was a role model for us, who really set an example in these three years. tiredness didn't mean anything to them. they did the right thing and we really had devotion to them and followed them as an example. when you heard the news , what was your reaction? they have always had political exploits and it is very natural for them to do this. in fact, we had much worse events. rajaei's martyrdom was with art in the crises of the 1960s and the assassinations . under the leadership of mr. khamenei, we are under the shadow of velayat, and god willing, there will be no problem . from gaza i think this

. >> and as salman rushdie said, a palestinian state, a quote unquote , free palestine would be unquote in the middle east? well, i think this is what it's looking at. >> i mean, to come up with this policy when you've still got hostages in custody, i don't know what he's. well, i know exactly what he's thinking. you hit the nail on the head on. it's a politicisation. he knows that the left is split on this , that the left is split on this, and he's trying to pull back in. those voters who might otherwise go to independent candidates who are standing specifically on a gaza ticket. so this is pure politicisation. and i agree with sean. it's very, very, very dangerous. it might be something that has to be done , as you say, that has to be done, as you say, down the line, like we did in northern ireland. obviously not. this is not a state, but you know, you have to talk to terrorists eventually , but but terrorists eventually, but but to do it now while there's still hostages there in the context of a general election, is very , a general election, is very, very wrong. very wrong, conceiva