Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – June 16, 1996

I had a meeting with the members of the allied delegations; Before the meeting, the board of trustees came. Mr. [Habibullah] Askar-Avaladi, [Secretary General of the Mutalifah Party], requested me to keep all the forces of the revolution under the cover of love and not let the issues arising from the elections continue. I told them, in the election, they acted against my opinion; I was not in favor of the competition between brokers and [community] clergy [fighters]. The leadership and society of militant clergy and aligned groups wanted this. In the meeting, Mr. Askar Avaladi thanked and gave a report. I also spoke in detail about the strength of faith-based movements and honored the allied martyrs. With the praise of Mu'telafa, less than in previous years.

Mr. [Bijan Namdar] Zanganeh, [Minister of Energy] came. He is going to China. Get an opinion about the contents of the trip. We had a meeting of the Supreme Council of the Persian Gulf. The commissions reported their work and received orders to continue their work. I also said about the lack of progress in all-round efforts to improve relations with the countries of the south of the Persian Gulf and that the reason for the lack of success was beyond the will of the government.

In the evening Dr. [Hasan] Rouhani, [Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council and representative of Tehran] came. They talked about the parliament and the future, the parliament's negotiations and the obstacles to the progress of the work; He wanted to be a candidate for the Speaker of the Parliament, but he has given up considering the opinion of the leadership. The opinion of the leadership on the issue of Schmitt's German belief and negotiations. I stayed in my office at night.