Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – April 28, 1997

We went from home to Tehran University for the ceremony of awarding my political doctorate. Mohsen, Mehdi and Yaser also came. It was a good meeting. Mr. Dr. [Mohammed Reza] Aref, Dr. [Syed Mohammad] Hashemi, [Professor of Shahid Beheshti University], Dr. [Mohammed Reza] Takhshid, [Head of the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences of Tehran University], [Mahmoud] Mohammadi Iraqi, [Head of the Islamic Propaganda Organization] and Mr. [Mohammed] Yazdi, [Head of the Judiciary], spoke about my academic, executive and jihadi services. Then the construction symphony was shown, which is interesting. Then Dr. [Abulqasem] Gurji presented his doctoral dissertation. They read its text. The host of the program was Mr. [Mohammedreza] Hayati, a famous Sima announcer, who performed interestingly. Then I spoke about the importance of university. I promised limited cooperation for a lesson on political history.

I went to my office. Mr. [Hasan] Qashqawi, our ambassador in Kazakhstan, came. He expressed his displeasure with the interruption of receiving oil from Kazakhstan and the lack of funding for projects. Mr. [Reza] Amrollahi, [head of the Atomic Energy Organization], came for nuclear energy affairs. He said the Chinese delegation is coming. [Mr. Khalis Jan Timurjan of], Deputy Prime Minister of Tajikistan came. They are waiting for my trip and he asked for help for the implementation of the dam construction plan and the establishment of the gas purification refinery.

In the evening Mr. Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah, Secretary General of Hezbollah of Lebanon, came with his companions. He explained about the conditions of Palestine and Lebanon and the Middle East peace process. Considering that it was recently announced that the majority of Israelis are in favor of the formation of a Palestinian state, I assumed that the peace plan would be activated.

Mr. [Kamal] Kharrazi, [Permanent Representative of Iran to the United Nations] came and reported the great impact of my interview with Mike Dallas; Although after the Berlin trial, some of its works have been weakened. I came home at ten o'clock at night. A group of relatives had come to see the chastity; He is not well yet.