Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani's memoirs - 1999 July 23 - Mohammad Taghi Misbah Yazdi's very sharp speech before the Friday prayer sermons calling for violence and execution for the accused of Tehran University

Mohammad Taqi Misbah Yazdi's very sharp speech before the Friday prayer sermons called for violence and execution of the accused at Tehran University, and subsequently, Seyyed Reza Akrami criticized and argued with these words.

From the very harsh words of Mr. Misbah during the Friday prayer regarding the punishment of rioters, to the objection of Mr. Akrami, representative of Tehran, to these statements and creating controversy...

I went to the University of Tehran for Iqama on Friday. I delivered the first sermon about the recent riots and their losses and lessons.

I also protested against America and Turkey; To the United States, for approving the suspension of its contribution to the International Atomic Energy Agency, in case of peaceful cooperation with Iran, and to Turkey, for the border violation and the negative statements of its prime minister.

Mr. [Mohammed Taqi] Misbah [Yazdi, the speaker before the sermons], under the influence of the listeners' slogans about the punishment of rioters, spoke very strongly and called for violence, execution, and repression, and those who condemn violence and talk about tolerance, criticized

While I was sitting in the waiting room before the sermons, Mr. [Sidreza] Akrami, the representative of Tehran, objected to these statements of Mr. Misbah and an argument broke out.

Gholamreza - Hamshirezadeh - came for a loan and applied for the construction of a house that is being built by the parliament employees' cooperative. In the evening, I was having fun with Fouad - Mehdi's son. He was practicing swimming in the pool.

Some time was spent organizing the library. We discussed with Mehdi about oil and gas development plans. He said that no investment has been found for the next phases of South Pars.