Akbar Hashemi's Memoirs - August 8, 2002

Mr. [Hashem] Aghajari and Mr. [Nasser] Zarafshan, [lawyers] have been arrested, and the newspapers "Ruz-e-No" and "Ayine-e-Janub", which were established in place of "Noruz" and "Bonyan", have been seized, and the Revolutionary Court has threatened to prosecute the IRNA news agency for broadcasting a statement by the illegal Freedom Movement group.

Ayatollah Montazeri has answered numerous questions from an internet site and Ms. Mehrangizkar regarding numerous government issues.

Full text of the diary:

He spent time studying and resting at the Ramsar residence. The media is still covering the factional disputes and the differences between the parliament and the judiciary. Mr. [Hashem] Aghajari, [a professor at Tarbiat Modares University] and [Naser] Zarafshan, [a lawyer], have been arrested, and the newspapers "Ruz-e-No" and "Ayine-e-Janub", which had been established to replace "Nowruz" and "Bonyan", have been seized, and the Revolutionary Court has threatened to prosecute the IRNA news agency for broadcasting a statement by the illegal Freedom Movement group.

In Afghanistan, 17 people were killed in an attack on a police station in southern Kabul and an American in eastern Afghanistan. The Taiwanese government withdrew from its naval maneuver by threatening China. In Palestine, the negotiations between the heads of the [PA] and Israel began, and with the change of the Cabinet members of [Yasser] Arafat, [the head of the PA], the United States agreed to the negotiations, and news based on the acceptance of the Israeli Defense Minister's plan by the [PA] has been broadcast. 
After the United States and the United Nations ignored Iraq's proposal to return UN inspectors for re-inspection, Saddam Hussein said in a speech that he would not allow re-inspection and was ready to defend the country against US aggression.

Ayatollah waqtari has answered many questions from an internet site and Ms. mehrangizkar about many government issues, some of which do not satisfy foreigners, some of which upset the forces of the revolution, and some do not have problems. This will be a sign of the decision to re-activate politics.