Akbar Hashemi's Diaries - 1999 September 13 - Effects of issuing the death sentence for 4 of the defendants of Tehran University protests by the Tehran Revolutionary Court

It is interesting to meet Mohammadreza Rahimi, the former governor of Kurdistan who was appointed on the advice of the head of the judiciary and resigned to participate in the elections of the 6th parliament, and his advice to be a candidate in the electoral districts of Tehran or Sanandaj; Later, he became the first vice president of Ahmadinejad and then went to prison and is now a lawyer.

Zabul representative met and thanked for Hashemi's actions.

The proposal of Shapour Marhaba, the then representative of Astara, with Hashemi regarding the condition of the presence of the President of Azerbaijan is also interesting.

The meeting of power of Ali Hashemtian, the representative of Sanghar and Kilai'i, and Ershad's request to join the agents or remain independent, has interesting points, and of course, he tried to be independent during the parliament; He was also famous for this and had gathered a group around him.

The effects of the death sentence for 4 accused of Tehran University protests by the Tehran Revolutionary Court and the rumor of heavy sentences for Jews accused of espionage in Shiraz Revolutionary Court, which Hashemi only mentioned and passed by, worsened the tense political and media atmosphere of those days.

Mr. [Mohammed Reza] Rahimi, the former governor of Kurdistan, came and consulted to be nominated from Tehran or Sanandaj. Resigned from consulting the judiciary; Of course, Mr. [Syed Mahmoud Hashemi] Shahroudi, [Head of the Judiciary] did not invite him to work either. He talked about unemployment in Kurdistan and the migration of Kurds to Tehran.

Mr. [Abbas] Mirhosseini, the representative of Zabul, came. He appreciated me for the important projects that I started or completed in Sistan, such as the Nimeha well projects, the drainage of agricultural lands, the drainage of the sewage of Zabul city, and the creation of protection against floods, and he criticized the slowness of these projects at the moment, and to activate the organization Imran Sistan, which I had established and is inactive today, requested me. He was also invited to participate in the ceremony of martyrs of the region in the war.

Mr. [Shapour] Marhaba, the representative of Astara, came. He appreciated the prosperity and development of the city and villages under my management, and he was saddened by the slowness of the multi-purpose port, which progressed rapidly during its construction and is the most important economic project in the region.

I wanted to remind the Minister of Jihad [Construction] and also to emphasize to the President of Azerbaijan - in case he comes to Iran - about the implementation of the agreements he had with me, regarding the continuation of the Astara railway of Azerbaijan to Astara of Iran.

Mr. [Ghadratali] Heshmatian, the representative of Sunghar [and Keliai] came and appreciated the gas and road projects and Payam Noor and Azad University which started in my time and has now come to fruition, and asked him to run for Sunghar or Kermanshah and join Spectrum. He consulted the agents and shut down the population of Esteghlal and asked for help for Sardar magazine.

In the evening, I worked in my office until night. My computer got a virus and I could not use the Internet. In the media, the repetition of the huge explosion in Moscow is important; By this time, 45 dead have been removed from the rubble, which is a sign of serious vulnerability. Shamil Basayev, the leader of Dagestan militants, condemned the explosion and did not accept responsibility for it.

The news of the death sentence of four of the perpetrators of the recent riots [Tehran University] and the announcement of the seriousness of the accusation of spying on 13 Jews, by the head of the Revolutionary Court, has had a wide impact on the foreign and domestic media.