Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi - July 16, 2001 - Report from Mohammad Hashemi on Minimal Changes in the Second Cabinet of Seyyed Mohammad Khatami

Meeting with Shahpour Marhaba, former representative of Astara, and his request for a suitable job after his term in parliament.

Meeting with Seyyed Mostafa Khatami, Imam Jom'e, and Jamaei, the head of the council of Oshnavieh.

Report from Mohsen Hashemi on the edited version of Hashemi's memoirs from 1982.

Continuing the discussions regarding the selection of legal experts for the Guardian Council in the sixth parliament.

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Mr. Shahpour Marhaba, the former representative of Astara, came; he is a war veteran from a family of martyrs. He mentioned that he has become housebound as the Ministry of Interior has not provided him with a suitable position; he requested a proper job. He expressed concern about the moral, political, and economic state of society, saying that after the war, you inherited a crisis-ridden country and placed it on a path of stability and progress, and now they have created another crisis.

Mr. Seyyed Mostafa Khatami, the Imam Jom'e, and Mr. Jamaei, the head of the Oshnavieh city council, visited. They thanked me for converting the Oshnavieh district into a city and requested more attention to ethnicities, minorities, and Sunni individuals by employing them in high-level management positions. They also mentioned the limited powers of the council and the need for amending the law. They stated that the dam planned during your presidency for the region has not yet been implemented.

My brother Mohammad, the Executive Assistant to the President, came. He talked about his discussions with Mr. Seyyed Mohammad Khatami, the President, regarding the upcoming cabinet, indicating that he thinks there will not be significant changes in the cabinet. Iftah, along with relatives, went to Mashhad for pilgrimage.

Mohsen, the managing director of the Office for the Publication of Revolutionary Knowledge, came with the revised edition of the memoirs from 1982 (post-crisis) which has undergone new modifications after printing.

In Genoa, Italy, where the conference of the foreign ministers of the G8 industrial countries is being held, public opposition has surged, and the city has taken on a police-like appearance. Two bombs exploded today, and global anti-globalization opponents are applying heavy pressure.

The parliament, which was supposed to vote today on three legal experts for the Guardian Council, postponed the voting for two weeks, as they do not agree with the nominees introduced by the head of the judiciary. Last night and today, there was rain in the west and north, and last night, it drizzled in Tehran.