AFTERMATH OF WAR: The International Front : In Iran

Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Velayati said that the future of Iraq must be decided by its people and that Iran OPPOSES INTERFERENCE BY THE ALLIES, Tehran Radio reported. Speaking to clerics and students of Islamic science in Tehran, Velayati said Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait had to be challenged, “but not by people who never did or will ever consider the interests of Islam and the Muslims.” Tehran television said Iran’s Supreme National Security Council welcomed the cease-fire and offered “to help reconstruct the devastation in Iraq and Kuwait, and to help the people of the region overcome difficulties.” It urged “the speedy exit of foreign forces . . . whose presence at this juncture will have no justification.”