Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – April 7, 1998

Mr. [Sidkamal] Kharazi, [Foreign Affairs Minister] came. He reported on his trip to Saudi Arabia, Syria and Lebanon and complained to the leadership that they have tied their hands in cooperation with Egypt and are preventing them from solving problems with America. He is satisfied with the results of my trip to Saudi Arabia and says that he untied the knots and wherever he went during this trip, my good deeds were mentioned and they have a four-way regional cooperation plan between Iran-Saudi Arabia-Syria and Egypt. I emphasized that they should take the oil satellite with Saudi Arabia, otherwise the government will face a serious problem this year.

Mr. [Gholamreza] came; He strongly expressed concern about economic, political and cultural problems in the new government and consulted to accept economic representation in the organization of the Islamic Conference; I confirmed He said that he did not accept the proposal of the deputy of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs and is busy compiling his memoirs.

I had an interview with [Culture and Knowledge Group of Channel One] TV, about Martyr [Mortaza] Motahari, on the occasion of the anniversary of his martyrdom. Mr. [Abbas] Akhundi, [deputy official of the Broadcasting Organization] came. He expressed his concern about the issues that arose due to the arrest of the mayor of Tehran and said that Mr. [Ali] Larijani, [the head of the Broadcasting Organization] had a conversation with the leadership; There is a basis for finding a solution, but it does not have a specific plan, except for the suggestion that the heads of the three powers should take an initiative. I gave some notes about radio programs.

Zohar Fati, [Chairman of Special Diseases Foundation] came. He consulted about traveling to Germany to participate in a congress and brought an article from a Qatari newspaper that welcomed his trip to Qatar. On the evening of the wedding of Mr. [Mohammed] Sayad's son, I closed the photographer and reporter, who is usually present in the travel plans and visits.

Mr. [Ali Mohammad] Basharti, the former minister of the country, came. He highly praised the achievements of my trip to Saudi Arabia and expressed concern about the severe differences that have arisen between the two factions in the issue of the mayor of Tehran, as well as the vast capabilities in the country and the weakness of management and the delay in construction works and employment and the removal of worthy managers due to factional installations in the government.

Mr. [Attaullah] Mohajerani, [Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance] came. He gave the report of his trip to Paris and Stockholm and complained about the quality of the attack of hypocrites in Europe with eggs that contaminated his clothes in both places, and the weakness of the counter-revolution to gather forces abroad, and expressed concern about the case of Mr. Karbaschi, and especially about the attack of representatives on Mr. Khatami in recent speeches, and complained about the assembly of militant clerics and groups of the Imam's line about the lack of proper cooperation with [Party] agents [construction] said.

It was reported that the clerics' assembly has not prepared to make a statement and only one member of their political committee has made a statement and the rest of the left groups have not yet made a decision. He suggested that I help Mr. Karbaschi, let him go to his house and see his father, who is waiting, and get him out of the waiting room; He still does not know that his son is in prison. He said, Mr. Khatami, [the president] has not reached a place in the meeting with the leadership in this regard, and the program of the people's meeting, which was mentioned, has been canceled for the time being, unless all the groups take the initiative.

Mr. [Syed Hossein] Marashi, [Kerman representative] also came and said the same thing and informed, today Faezeh, [Tehran representative] in the parliament, in a speech before the order, has made a detailed defense of Mr. [Gholamohsin] Karbaschi. In the reports, Pakistan's ground-to-ground missile test with a range of 1500 km is of interest. America and India have raised China's cooperation with Pakistan in this regard.