Memories of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani - 1999 August 3 - Interview about the assassination of Iranian opponents before and after the revolution

Interview about the assassination of Iranian opponents before and after the revolution

Oil Minister Zanganeh's defense of his work activities and explanation of the pressures on him to change Ali Hashemi (Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani's nephew) Deputy Minister of Oil and praise of Mehdi Hashemi who complained to his father about the work behavior of the Oil Minister for the past few days and definitions Khas Hashmi of his son Mehdi is also interesting.

The meeting of temporary Friday imams in Tehran and the decision to change the time of the Friday prayer sermon based on the advice and fatwa of unnamed jurists.

The arrest of one of the members of Tahkeem Vahdat's office in the continuation of the investigation of the current situation of the university and the request of Seyyed Mohammad Khatami from the leadership and the immediate order of Ayatollah Khamenei for his release, who did not mention this person's name in the newspaper.

Preparation of the political crime bill by the judiciary (of course, this bill was approved by the parliament in the following years)

I gave an interview to an overseas radio station about the assassination of opponents of the Iranian revolution; With the terror before and after the victory of the revolution and the difference between the liberation jihad, such as Lebanon's resistance to terror and the abuse of the terror issue by the western media, to suppress liberation movements and the involvement of arrogant governments in many political and state terrors.

Mr. [Bijan Namdar] Zanganeh, [Oil Minister], reported on the amount of oil production; They produce more than the quota, but they store the surplus in tanks.

He explained the reason for the transfer of Mr. Ali Hashemi [Akhavizadeh] and the pressures on him, praised Mahdi's intelligence and intelligence, and said that he uses his opinions in every section.

I also mentioned two examples of his intelligence and genius; One was showing me the way in the streets of Tehran when I was two years old, and the other was guiding a combat battalion in the Shalamcheh area at night when they had lost their way while returning from the line, and rescued the battalion, according to Mr. [Ali] Rahmani - our bodyguard. - That he was with him at the front and that we called him Abu Ali Sina when we were children.

In the evening, [Mr. Adnan Hassan Mansour], the new ambassador of Lebanon came. He believes that the Palestinian peace negotiations will not reach the desired result, because Israel uses 40% of its water needs from southern Lebanon - the Litani River - and the Golan - the Kasbani River; In addition to the problem of Quds, refugees and Israel's expansionist goals, these are obstacles to real peace.

At night, the temporary imams of Tehran, [Mr. Mohammad Reza Mahdavi Keni, Seyyed Hasan Taheri Khorramabadi, Mohammad Emami Kashani, Mohammad Yazdi, and Ahmad Jannati], had a meeting in my office.

According to the fatwa of some scholars regarding the obligation of Friday sermons to be held after the end of the day, it was decided that part of the first sermon should be in the afternoon and that the sermons should not be too long.

Mr. Yazdi, [head of the Judiciary], criticized the fact that they do not allow the members of the Tahkim Vahdat office to be prosecuted and said that one of the Tahkim members was arrested yesterday. Mr. [Syed Mohammad] Khatami, [President], complained to the leadership office and the office asked to release him.

Now the two sides are fighting over this issue. The leftists want to place the responsibility on Hezbollah's [Ansar] pressure groups, and the rightists want to identify Daftar Tahkim [Wahdat] and other leftist groups as the root of chaos, and the two committees are facing each other with these two policies. The Judiciary has prepared a bill for the definition of political crime and this issue has become a new issue for conflict and dispute.