Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – June 13, 1996

I had a long interview with the directors of the Iranian newspaper; They want a newspaper for the yearbook. It took two hours; It was supposed to be half an hour. It caused the rest of the meeting schedule to become irregular. Fethullah, the son of Mr. [Mohammed Mahdi] Rabbani Amlashi [and son-in-law of Ayatollah Montazeri] came. I told Mohsen to say hello and visit. I greeted their family members; He said that after the issues that happened to Ayatollah Montazeri, he is mentally disturbed and cannot justify it.

Mr. [Syed Mahmoud] Hashemi [Shahrudi], one of the scholars of the Guardian Council, came. He appealed for the establishment of the council's investigation unit and expressed his displeasure with the council's excessive interference in the elections, and during the negotiations in the seminary community [Qom seminary], he talked about the history of disagreements between me and the leadership, and expressed his happiness that they were baseless, and he gave the useful explanations of Mr. [Mohammed] Yazdi, [head of the judiciary].

[Mr. Abdurrahman Nadimi Bushehri], Governor of Bushehr came. He explained the plan for the construction of Iran's commercial center in Qatar. In the evening, I attended the meeting of the government board; We had several resolutions. Mr. [Mohsen] Rafiq Dost, [Chairman of the Mustafefan and Veterans Foundation], said on the phone, [Mr. Gholam Hossein Karbaschi], the [Tehran] mayor, is going to close several [Fruit and Vegetable Bar] square stalls tonight for not fulfilling their obligations and asked for a deadline to intervene and resolve; I said to give them until Saturday.