Akbar Hashemi's memoirs - 1999 August 1 - Khamenei: Salam newspaper, arrest will not be lifted

Khamenei: Salam newspaper, the arrest will not be lifted, but the Khoyinis will not be arrested/ In the case of Mr. Karbaschi, they consider his amnesty still too early.

The most prominent points mentioned in the memories of this day and Hashemi's meeting with Ayatollah Khamenei of Baghdad are important, which I will write about in another post.

Mr. [Alireza] Afshar, the president of Imam Hossein University, came. He reported on the important works of the university and answered the critics who say that the university does not have military discipline and he said that the IRGC cannot be like the army.

He proposed the plan of compiling and teaching the history of the revolution in the university and asked me for help to clarify the blind and ambiguous points of history. I said send the questions.

Mr. Hossein Marashi, [Kerman representative] came. He explained the new measures he had taken to make [Spectrum] agents more active and asked me to run in the parliamentary elections. He said, the majority of parliament members also think that it is necessary for you to enter the field; I did not accept

Mr. Reza Hashemian came and said that one of the Lebanese merchants bought pistachios from the Rafsanjan Pistachio Cooperative worth about 800,000 dollars and did not pay for them, and the Lebanese Hezbollah pressured him to pay his debt, but to no avail. He asked me to remind Mr. Seyyed Hasan Nasrallah to help more. I said it was not appropriate for me to enter into such a case.

Mr. [Syed Motahar] Kazemi, the representative of Khalkhal, came. It failed from the Ardabil highway; They seem to have chosen in such a way that it does not go over the ankle. Consulted to be a candidate in the [Sixth Parliament] elections; Considering that he is not on political lines, I said, it is better for him to be nominated. The future parliament needs experienced and reliable people.

We had a meeting with the leadership at night. It was discussed about America's message; His opinion is that a firm answer should be given, not through Oman, but through Switzerland and not Mr. Khatami personally. Regarding the country's factional differences, it was decided to take action to reduce clashes; Including him, talking to both sides separately.

In the case of the university, they have not yet received a report from the investigation committee, and they are worried that the Ministry of Information will not release some of the information related to the fault of the left wing. They are not satisfied with the inaction of the Minister of Information.

They also criticized the Judiciary for not taking any action even though the leadership knew about the seditious newspapers. Regarding Salam newspaper, they said that the arrest would not be lifted, but they warned that it is not appropriate to arrest Mr. [Syed Mohammad Mousavi] Khoyiniha, [owner of Salam newspaper].

They said, Mr. Khatami, [President], requested that Salam newspaper not be arrested and be released, but they did not accept it, but they accepted the non-arrest.

As for Mr. [Gholamohsin] Karbaschi, they consider his pardon too early. They are not worried about the future of the revolution and they believe that usually political factions gradually lose their position they also believe that Mr. Khatami cannot manage the crisis.

They agree that the right spectrum does not have the necessary capacity and credibility to run the country and win majority votes. They said, these days America's policy is threatening Iran and psychological war with us.