Pubblichiamo di seguito il testo del telegramma di cordoglio per le vittime del terremoto avvenuto sabato scorso a Qazvin (Iran), che il Santo Padre Giovanni Paolo II ha inviato, tramite il Cardinale Angelo Sodano, Segretario di Stato, alla Nunziatura Apostolica di Teheran:

SADDENED BY NEWS OF TODAY'S TRAGIC EAR1HQUAKE IN THE PROVINCE OF QAZVIN, HIS HOLINESS POPE JOHN P AUL II EXPRESSES DEEP SYMPATHY TO THOSE AFFECTED BY THE DISASTER. WITH FERVENT PRAYERS FOR THE VICTIMS AND THEIR F AMILIES HE ASKS ME MOST HIGH GOD TO GRANT CONSOLATIOON AND STRENGTH TO THE INJURED AND THE HOMELESS. UPON ALL COOPERATING IN THE TASK OF RELIEF AND RECONSTRUCTION, HIS HOLINESS INVOKES ABUNDANT BLESSINGS.

CARDINAL ANGELO SODANO
SECRETARY OF STATE

[01043-02.02] [Original text: English]