Akbar Hashemi's Diaries - 1999 July 5 - Arrest of several Jewish suspects by the Fars General Directorate of Intelligence and arrest of those accused of serial murders and special pursuit of Khamenei

The arrest of several Jewish suspects by the General Directorate of Fars Intelligence and the arrest of those accused of serial murders and the special pursuit of Khamenei

With their frequent meetings with Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, the then deputy ministers of the Ministry of Information are trying to justify him and use his influence to solve this issue and other aspects of the death of Saeed Emami and the arrest of those accused of committing serial murders, which are very prominent in Hashemi's memories of 1999.

Mr. [Ali] Bagheri and [Amir] Tehrani, the deputy ministers of the Ministry of Information, came and while expressing concern about the chaotic situation of the ministry after Saeed Emami's suicide, they said that experts have given their opinion that it is better to quickly prosecute the accused of the murders and collect the case of the murders, and the issue of probability Their espionage should be pursued in other circumstances, but the leadership did not accept this proposal; They have said that the issue of foreign influence is more important and priority should be given to it. They have appointed a group to review the quality of the action. They asked me to convince the leadership. The delay of the interview of Mr. [Mohammed] Niazi, [Head of the Judiciary Organization of the Armed Forces], which was supposed to be done yesterday, was introduced due to the prohibition of the same group.

Regarding the 13 Jewish defendants, they said that one of them, who also holds a clerical position for the Jews, admitted that he is a Mossad agent and gave information about Iran's military aircraft and helicopter industries. He forced his wife to have an illicit relationship with a sprayer pilot, who is also a Jew, and to take pictures of him. Then, under the threat of revealing the relationship, they asked him to take pictures of the military barracks while flying, and he was asked to provide a document other than They do not confess and may be denied in court; They are looking for a document that can be submitted to the court.