Memories of Akbar Hashemi - 28 Mehr 1380

Visit of Bijan Namdar Zanganeh and report on the activities of the Ministry of Oil

Political consultation of Sheikh Gurban Ali Dari of Najafabad for the background of Ayatollah Khamenei's visit to Najafabad

Hashemi's narration of the reactions of the members of the assembly to the constitutional warning of Seyyed Mohammad Khatami and the reaction of Seyed Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi

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The Assembly [Determining the Expediency of the System] had a meeting.  The budget of the anti-narcotics headquarters was discussed;  We did not reach the result and it was referred to the commission.  The discussion on the general security policies was raised from the political side. The rules were approved and we entered into the discussion of clauses.  

Mr. [Bijan Namdar] Zanganeh, [Oil Minister] came. He said that Saudi Arabia is ready to cooperate to maintain the price of oil, and they are going to talk to Russia for coordination.  It is sold around 17 dollars, and the dollar has become cheaper compared to other currencies, and we have lost our existing currencies due to the fall in the price of the dollar.

Mr. [Qorban Ali] Dorri [Najafabadi] said that the leadership in the trip to Isfahan is planning to go to Najafabad as well, and considering the resentment of a part of the people of Najafabad regarding the issue of Ayatollah Montazeri, it is good to appease the people of Najafabad before the trip.  In the assembly meeting, some criticized the open letter of the president and the head of the judiciary and said that it is not appropriate for the heads of the powers to talk to each other through the media.  In the evening, I concluded the marriage contract of Mr. [Ramadan] Mahmoudi, one of the security guards.  

The United States and the Taliban have officially said that about 200 American commandos have been deployed in the south of Kandahar.  America says that they returned after completing their mission.  Their mission was to arrest Mullah Omar, the leader of the Taliban, but no one was found in the headquarters, but the Taliban say that they forced the Americans to flee and one of their helicopters was damaged and fell on Pakistani soil, killing many of them.  The US says that the helicopter crashed in Pakistan due to an accident.  Two people were killed and many were injured, but they admitted that they injured two during the operation.

[George Bush], the President of the United States, said in an interview in China that the use of the black wound bacterium could be the work of opposition groups inside the United States and of the Americans.  In Palestine, the pressure of Israeli attacks is intensifying.  After Zaifi was killed, 18 Palestinians were martyred and many were injured.  Al-Shora magazine strongly attacked Iran for accepting help to American pilots who might make an emergency landing in Iran and said it is an ugly business.  In the case of [Robert] McFarlane, this magazine had exposed.