Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – April 24, 1996

I concluded the marriage contract of Shahidi's son. Dr. [Hasan] Rouhani, [Vice President of the Parliament and Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council] came. We talked about the management of the next parliament. They decided to negotiate with the leadership. There is a lot of criticism of the IRGC's involvement in the elections. Mr. Dr. [Hasan] Habibi, [first vice president and member of the Guardian Council] came. We talked about the elections and the arbitrary interference of the armed forces, the judiciary and the Guardian Council, and the speed of investigation of the second-stage cases was emphasized. Mr. [Ahmed] Janati, [Secretary of the Guardian Council], has sent a message from Makkah that a number of cases will be investigated after his return. I agreed to go to pick up [the building of] the academies. Akhvi Mohammad, [executive vice president] came. They talked about market regulation issues and elections and parliament. Mr. [Jalil] Besharti, [head of the office for dealing with the matter of deprived areas of the presidential institution], came for the work of the office of deprived areas.

In the evening Mr. [Mahmoud] Vaezi, [Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs] came. Reported the trip to Germany, as my special representative, to negotiate with the special representative Mr. [Helmut] Kohl, [German Prime Minister]. They have started to negotiate about the Berlin court and the presence of Iran's counter-revolution in Germany and their harmful activities and missing Iranians in Lebanon, as well as the issue of Ron Arad, [the Israeli pilot] and terrorism. I told Mr. Habibi to negotiate on the phone with Mr. [Rafiq] Hariri, the Prime Minister of Lebanon, but the Ministry of Foreign Affairs does not agree because of his recent negative statements. It was decided to investigate further.

Mr. Haq Tarab came. He brought a film about the status of the Sarkhes and Mashhad railway and the Sarkhes airport, which is behind schedule and may not attend the ceremony. I warned Mr. [Akbar] Turkan, [Minister of Roads and Transportation]; He assured that it will arrive. Mr. [Ali Mohammad] Basharti, [Minister of the Interior], complained on the phone to Mr. [Habibullah] Askar-Avaladi, [candidate for parliament representation from Tehran, Ray and Shemiranat constituencies], that he is protesting to the Ministry of Interior why he did not vote and expressed doubts about the results of the votes?!