Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi - August 16, 2001 - Meeting with Members of the Central Council of the Independent Students' Union and Moderates to Address Concerns About the Behavior of Officials at Islamic Azad University

Meeting with members of the Central Council of the Independent Students' Union and moderates to address concerns about the behavior of officials at Islamic Azad University.

Meeting with Abbas Sheibani and the suggestion to treat members of the Freedom Movement of Iran with tolerance.

Interview with the administrators of the Baqir al-Ulum Political Science Faculty.

Continuation of the proposal to solve the issue of selecting legal members of the Guardian Council by the parliament, referred to the Leader of the Islamic Republic by the Expediency Council; selection of legal members by the representatives of the Sixth Parliament with a fragile vote.

Complete Daily Note:

Members of the Central Council of the Independent Students' Union and moderates came and said that over the past two years, they have achieved excellent success at Islamic Azad University, but recently Mr. [Abdollah] Jassbi, [the president of Islamic Azad University], and particularly Mr. Siyadi, Jassbi's advisor, have been treating them poorly, and they sought help.

Dr. [Abbas] Sheibani came. He suggested that there should be a more tolerant approach towards the members of the Freedom Movement and talked about the difficult conditions in Khorramshahr due to drought and recession.

In the evening, I had an interview with the Baqir al-Ulum Political Science Faculty regarding the characteristics of human beings. Today, the parliament, based on the resolution of the Expediency Council yesterday, voted for two legal members of the Guardian Council, but did not achieve an absolute majority. Then, in a re-vote, they were elected with a weak relative majority, receiving about 60 votes out of 242; more than 160 votes were blank.

In the Philippines, an agreement was reached between the government and the [Islamic militant] Abu Sayyaf group.