Akbar Hashemi's memories - November 4, 2002

Mr. Ebrahim Nabavi, a satirist, came.  He proposed to write my life in the form of a novel without using my writing.  He says, because it is the most reliable axis of Iran's history of the last half century, it has about 500 questions that I have to answer.

Al-Ishaq from Mustafafan Foundation said that the foundation's income comes from 10% of its companies, and 90% either make a loss or only make ends meet.

It is reported in the news that Mr. Abbas Abdi has been arrested for taking action in the recent poll issue.  Leaders in their today's speech had indirect complaints about the recent bills and issues.

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Mr.  Ebrahim Nabovi, a satirist, came.   He proposed to write my life in the form of a novel without using my writing.   He says, he has about 500 questions that I have to answer.   A sample of the story was sent by Mehdi.   I said, I see two problems for this work: 
1- A lot of time needed to answer the questions. 
2- The difference in the angle of view between you and me, which is exemplified in the humor related to the statements of Rumsfeld, [US Defense Minister] and my answer.  He said, I will write this anyway;  Because it is the most reliable axis of Iran's history in the last half century, and if you help, it will get better.  He said, he has a website on the Internet, which costs seven million tomans and the monthly cost is 200 thousand tomans, and earns one million tomans every month through advertisements. 

Dr. [Iraj] Yazdanbakhsh, [Iranian doctor residing in Germany,] came.  He complained to Isfahan officials about the lack of cooperation with him regarding the construction of "Khodashahr" settlement in Kashan desert.   Mr. Yahya al-Ishaq, [the Foundation's founder] came from Mustafafan Foundation.  He said that the annual foundation costs about 220 billion tomans for veterans, of which the government pays 170 billion tomans and the foundation pays only 50 billion tomans, and does not pay taxes on this income.  They should hand over the responsibility of the veterans to the government.  I said, if they give the foundation to the government, it would be good;  Because if they give without a foundation, the society cannot be justified about the funds of the foundation and it will harm the position of leadership.  Of course, if the government is responsible for the veterans, their grievances will probably put a lot of pressure on the government.  He said, the foundation's income comes from 10% of its companies, and 90% either make a loss or only make ends meet.  They will liquidate about 300 companies.  He expressed his concern about the country's situation and said, in expert circles, it is believed that you can bring the country's situation back to balance.  When he heard a negative answer from me, he said, the other way is for an independent government to come to power from the two existing lines and you support it.  He wanted to cooperate with the [Strategic] Research Center.  I criticized the Foundation's wrong dealings with the Strategic Research Center.  

On the evening of the wedding of [Ms. Sara Akbarpour], I married the daughter of one of the guards - Mr. [Ayoub] Akbarpour.  Mr. Mohsen Rezaei, [Secretary of the Council for Assessing the Interests of the System] came for the affairs of the commissions of the Council.  Mr. Hossein Marashi, [Kerman's representative] came and suggested that I help with the pardon of Mr. [Abdullah] Nouri, [former minister of the country], but at night he informed that the leadership agreed to the pardon request made for him by the parliament representatives.  

It is reported in the news that Mr. Abbas Abdi has been arrested for taking action in the recent poll issue.  Leaders in their today's speech had indirect complaints about the recent bills and issues.

The remarkable victory of the Justice and Development Party of Turkey in the parliamentary elections has been compared to an earthquake for the West and especially for the United States.  They have won 360 out of 557 seats and can form a government by themselves.  Bland Ejvit has resigned from the position of Prime Minister and said that with early elections, we committed political suicide.  The European Union has said that they can work with Turkish Islamists.

In Afghanistan, the US military bases were attacked many times yesterday and today, but the US says there were no casualties.  In Chechnya, a Russian helicopter crashed and killed nine people.  In Palestine, many people are martyred every day.  In Yemen, an American helicopter was attacked, and in Ecuador, a volcano was activated after 26 years.