Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – August 19, 1997

In the reports, the problem of the Mir station in Russia is also noted, that when the central computer is turned off, its control is out of the hands of the passengers and it spins around.

I saw the reports until half past ten. A group of people who work with the Revolutionary Education Publishing Office to edit and publish my works came. It was a small exhibition that I visited. Then we heard Mohsen's report that each group works separately for memoirs, sermons, speeches, messages and travels, but they did not invite anyone from the group of colleagues in Qom who work on the interpretation and key of the Qur'an and the lives of the imams. I also spoke and told the benefits of the work and proposed solutions.

Mr. [Mahmoud] Vaezi came and consulted with a group of like-minded people to stay in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and to form a party with the cooperation of a group of like-minded people, and he also expressed his concern about the effects of some leadership positions, including the discussion of windfall property, with the way the judicial system and [the newspaper] Keihan are acting, and said that it has been a while since the Europeans no longer follow up on the issue of ambassadors' referrals.

Mr. [Abul Qasim] Wafi came. He gave a report about his cooperation with the judiciary in secret surveillance, as well as his cooperation with the Ministry of Interior in relation to scholars and Friday imams, as well as with the leadership in matters of insurance and student tuition, and expressed concern about the weak performance of the Friday imams' council and the leadership office, and asked me to help.

In the evening, a group of freedmen came. Mr. [Ali Akbar] Abu Torabi, [Representative of the legal guardian in the affairs of freed people] and [Abbas Ali] Vakili, [head of the headquarters for handling the affairs of freed people] reported and presented me with a statue and a thank you plaque. I also talked about the freedmen and the services provided to them.

The families of Mr. [Mortaza] Shapourian, [Gholamreza] Qoba and [Mohsen] Qamsari came from the [administrators] of the [Tehran] municipality. They described the arrest of their husbands; It is impressive. They asked me for help to save them. They are pious and revolutionary people with good records and they consider this action political and illegal and they are waiting for the sake of leadership. I consoled them. During the day, I listened to the parliament's discussions about the new government.