Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – December 14, 1994

We flew to Qom by helicopter. The welcome ceremony was held at the army barracks. We all went to the shrine. Pilgrimage, prayers and Fatiha were performed for the late Araki and other scholars. Mr. [Aliakbar] Masoudi, [Tawlit Astan Hazrat Masoumeh (PBUH)], Mr. Araki's son and son-in-law were also there.

From there, we went to the judicial school and participated in the ceremony of commemorating Sheikh Ansari. I gave a speech. While pointing out the Sheikh's virtues, I pointed out the ambiguous points that can be seen in his life, such as his non-participation or taking a stand on the Russian and British aggressions against Iran during his time, as well as not giving soldiers to the Ottoman government, which was at war with the infidels, in Najaf Ashraf and the like, and I asked the Congress to address these as well.

From there, I went to the building under construction of the Research and Education Center, which Mr. [Mohammed Taqi] Misbah [Yazdi] is building with the help of me and Ayatollah Khamenei. With seven thousand meters of land and 22 thousand meters of buildings, it is remarkable. They demanded to speed up the payment of the promised aid.

From there, we went to the big Quran printing house, which was established by the Awqaf organization with the help of the government. Currently, they can produce 3,000 volumes of the Quran in one day, and with the arrival of the press machine under preparation, the production capacity will reach 10,000 volumes per day. In order to reach the annual production of ten million volumes of Quran in the next phases. center for

They study translations of the Quran in other languages. So far, they have collected about 100 translations into 100 languages. They say that almost all of them have many mistakes. I had an interview and a short talk, after the report of Mr. [Sidmehdi] Imam Jamarani, [Head of Endowments and Charitable Affairs Organization], and we left Qom for Tehran.

On the way, Mr. Soltani, the governor, and [Mohammed Ali] Shari, the representative of the city, told the needs of Qom and asked me for help. We had lunch in the helicopter. The governor of Tehran was with him. I reached my office at half past one.

Prayers, rest and work were done until seven in the afternoon. Today, Ayatollah Khamenei, according to his previous statements, announced during his speech that they do not accept authority for inside the country; Because of the heavy responsibility of leadership, they do not consider it harmful to accept this responsibility of authority despite the presence of authorities inside, but they accept the authority of Shiites outside the country. But with this discrimination, it will not fit in the society, because if the problem is the treatise, what should be done for the outside?

Today, due to the impeachment of Mr. Mahluji and the presence of a group of ministers, we did not have a government meeting. Before leaving for Kish, I wanted to know the result of the impeachment, which was not finished until seven o'clock. Reports said that the situation is not bad.

We flew to Kish at half past seven. A group of children stayed to come tomorrow; Because of their children's education. We reached the pavilion at nine o'clock at night. Mr. [Mohammadreza] Yazdanpanah, CEO of Kish Free Zone Organization, gave reports about the situation in Kish, from the construction and trade situation, the amount of incoming and outgoing goods, important projects, and the weather and rain conditions, which are good.

We walked a little on the beach and had dinner. I slept at eleven o'clock. Before going to sleep, the news came that Mr. Mahluji, with a weak majority, received the vote of confidence from the parliament: with 110 votes out of 218 votes; 98 people agreed with impeachment and 9 people abstained.