Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – June 10, 1996

Mohammad Akhavi, [executive vice president], came for market reconstruction and regulation and family issues. Dr. Habibi, [first vice president], came for current affairs. In the afternoon, in the meeting of the government board, we had some resolutions.

I was the guest of Ayatollah Khamenei last night. They said that they have sent a message from the community of teachers [the seminary] of Qom that they have heard that there is a difference between me and them; They have asked for permission to come to Tehran to settle the dispute. We immediately got Mr. [Ebrahim] Amini's phone. We both talked to them and denied the rumor and announced the level of coordination.

Then I told them that these rumors are spread by the enemies, but the performance of some currents that attribute themselves to leadership is a document for them. Such as Mr. [Ahmed] Jannati's statements and the actions of Payam Student magazine and the actions of Ansar Hezbollah group and the words of Mansour Arzi - a eulogist who also participates in the leadership's mourning ceremony - as well as the statements of some IRGC commanders and specifically the demonstrations in front of Faiza's office. They also accepted this opinion; We were supposed to treat.

We also discussed the negotiations with the special envoy Helmut Kohl, [German Prime Minister] and the new issues of the Israeli elections and the victory of the Likud party. There was news that the Americans, after the negotiations between Kohl and [President of the United States of America] [Bill] Clinton, expressed their desire to pay part of Iran's demand with goods such as airplanes and satellites. Ayatollah Khamenei also agreed that if they make an official proposal, it should be followed up in The Hague or through mediators.