Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – April 9, 1998

Early in the morning, we went hiking with the guards. On the way, on the car radio, I heard the statement of the leadership's office that was given to the media according to the meeting last night. We went to Kolkchal. In some places there was still snow and the rivers were full of water. There were many people on the way. I greeted some of them. In the east of Kolkchal, we visited the center of telecommunication towers.

On his return, one of the climbers introduced himself as Timsar "Asr Jadid" who is a relative of the late Iraqi martyr [Mahdi]. He said, after enduring five years in prison after the revolution, now they want to take khums of his property and he pleaded. We had dates and soft drinks in one of the cafes on the way. The weather was favorable.

I came home Bathing, breakfast, writing yesterday's memories, reading reports, reading and correcting the memories of 1360 were done. In the evening, Fati came and said that Karbaschi's wife went to meet her husband with his middle father, and said that the questions are the same as the previous ones and nothing new. His mood is good. They only give him the newspaper of the Islamic Republic. There is no TV or radio. He is not alone. The documents asked for the cost of building his house.

Mr. Akhoy Mohammad, [Mohsen] Nourbakhsh, [Ataullah] Mohajerani, [Ismail] Shushtri, [Abdelvahid] Mousavi Lari and Mohsen came. They had suggestions for the meeting of the heads of forces regarding the case of Tehran Municipality; Mr. Karbaschi's release, supervising the investigation of the cases to enforce the law and protect the rights of the accused. They wanted the meeting to be held earlier. I told Mr. Khatami, he followed up. It turned out that Mr. [Mohammed] Yazdi, [Head of the Judiciary] is in Qom and it is not possible earlier than Saturday evening.

At night, the children and grandchildren of the family of the late Haj Qasim Akhavi came. Mr. Akbar Safarian, the manager of a section of Rafsanjan Pistachio Cooperative Company, expressed his concern about the future sale of pistachios, considering the disturbances of the United States and the remaining effects of the European embargo. Although the embargo has been lifted for now, the work is not smooth. Farzaneh [my brother's daughter, the director of the Taher Cultural and Artistic Institute], said about the half-finished work of preparing a book reporting the constructions of the Municipality of Tehran. The effect of smuggled pistachios on the market was discussed in Dubai and other places.