Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – June 25, 1997

Managers and a group of graduates of the brilliant talents organization came. Mr. [Javad] Ajey, [head of the brilliant talents organization] reported and presented a statue and a plaque. I also talked about the need to pay attention to the brilliant talents and to observe justice in the distribution of educational facilities. Akhvi Mohammad, [executive vice president] came and consulted about participating or not participating in the future cabinet.

Mr. [Mustafa] Pourmohammadi, [Deputy Foreign Security of the Ministry of Information] came. He gave a report on the situation in Türkiye and America's conspiracy to disrupt the affairs of Azerbaijan and expressed concern about the possibility of fundamental changes in the [Ministry] of Intelligence. His father Hossein Agha [Pourmohammadi] came to fix the domes that he sewed and made tall and wide with the advice of chastity and asked me not to let Mustafa be transferred from the Ministry of Information to another place.

Mr. [Ali Mohammad] Basharti, [Interior Minister] came. He talked about the results of the elections and the possibilities of the cabinet and said about the mistakes of the right wing and that some of them are upset about my lack of support in the elections. In the evening, in the meeting of the government board, we had some resolutions. At night, Dr. Milani came and injected penicillin because my tonsils were swollen and purulent; This time, the boredom has been prolonged and I have a sore throat tonight.

Mr. [Hossein] Marashi, [the representative of Kerman] came. He talked about the possibilities of the cabinet and announced that Dr. [Hasan] Rouhani, [Vice Speaker of the Parliament], quoted the leadership in the parliament that he would like the parliament to show coordination in approving the ministers proposed by Mr. [Syed Mohammad] Khatami, and this has caused some discomfort to the right wing.