Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – March 16, 1997

Hajj officials came. Mr. [Mohammed Mohammadi] Ray Shahri, [representative of the religious jurist and head of Iranian pilgrims] and Mr. [Mohammed Hossein] Rezaei, [head of the Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization], reported on the cultural and executive works and I also spoke. I did not mention the names of the idolaters. Because it has become a problem for Iranian pilgrims and it is not held in a good manner. Mr. [Abdul Majid] Maadikhah came. He explained his problems in the History Foundation and asked Mohsen to help.

Mr. Majid Ansari came. The text of Mr. Javad Larijani's interview with [Nick Brown] brought an English official in which he attacked the supporters of Mr. [Mohammed] Khatami and said that they are extremists and that the prize for the murder of Salman Rushdie and the occupation of the American spy nest belongs to them, and he praised Mr. Natiq [Nuri]'s moderation. It is believed that they will make noise.

[Mr. Nasrullah Mirzaei], our ambassador came to Libya. gave a report on cooperation with Libya. Ashikh Javad, the son of Mr. Fazel Lankarani, came; As a thank you for my [visit], during his illness, he said, now they go to school and pay tuition and spend about 60 million tomans per month. He expressed concern about the management of the country after me.

Mr. [Abdullah] Nazari, [a scholar of Mazandaran] and [Ahmed and Mohammad Reza] Alizadeh brothers, [members of the Guardian Council] came. They appealed for the development of Swadkoh region and expressed concern about the conditions after me and complained to the Director General of Information of the [Mazandaran] province. Evening till night, I did things.