Akbar Hashemi's memoirs - April 9, 2008 - a very thought-provoking meeting of Sheikh Mehr Ali Younis, the then Minister of Information and Political-Electoral Consultations, and the report of intelligence measures and Hashemi's response

A very thought-provoking meeting of Sheikh Mehr Ali Younis, Minister of Information and Political-Electoral Consultations and the report of intelligence measures and Hashemi's response.

Hashemi's account of the protest of the people of Lamard against the change of location of the gas refinery and the fire of the governorate of this city

Full text of the newspaper:

  I went to my office.  [Mr. Ali Younisi], Minister of Information came.  He gave a report on the destruction of two teams of hypocrites who had plans of assassination and destruction and said that the Ministry of [Intelligence] has a broad plan to suppress hypocrites [the Mojahedin-e-Khalq Organization] inside and in Iraq, and that arresting national-religious people was not the right thing to do.  The Revolutionary Court and the IRGC have taken action, although they have said that they had a plan to start an assassination, but it is not clear that it is true.  He asked me to intervene in order to encourage Mr. [Syed Mohammad] Khatami to run in the [presidential] elections and said, today the intellectuals of both factions admit that you can act as a balance and both factions are angry with you.  they regret  
I said, in the case of Mr. Khatami, if he decides to pay serious attention to the construction and livelihood of the people, it is good for him to come, otherwise the country will face problems.  to build

  Today in the media, there have been criticisms of the resolution of the Arab Summit.  For example, they have not taken a decisive decision on supporting the intifada and putting pressure on Israel and America, and on the issue of Iraq, the Iraqis themselves have criticized the inaction of the summit, and Iran has officially objected to the clause that was in favor of the UAE in the issue of the islands.  
Following several explosions inside Israel, the Israeli army attacked several centers in Gaza and the West Bank yesterday with helicopters, tanks and artillery, killing and injuring a large number of people.  Including the center of the bodyguards of [Yasser] Arafat, [head of the Palestinian Authority], rockets were fired near his house and many of Arafat's bodyguards were wounded and one was martyred.  A group of Zionist settlers, with the support of the Israeli army, attacked and set fire to the market and gatherings of the Palestinian people.  America has also announced its serious official support for Israel.

  Yesterday, the people of Lamard Fars protested against the change of the location of the gas refinery and set fire to the governor's office.  They had demonstrations today.