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Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – May 24, 1997

خاطرات اکبر هاشمی
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Thursday 2026/11/12 - 10:07News Code:32828

First of all, the Minister of Interior announced that more than 60% of the 20 million votes were counted for Mr. Khatami. By the night when the counting of votes was completed, it exceeded 29 million votes and remained the same. The election result is unexpected for all domestic and foreign observers. [Rajindar Singh and

First of all, the Minister of Interior announced that more than 60% of the 20 million votes were counted for Mr. Khatami. By the night when the counting of votes was completed, it exceeded 29 million votes and remained the same. The election result is unexpected for all domestic and foreign observers.

[Rajindar Singh and Mr. Lindo Rodrigues], the new ambassadors of India and Venezuela came to present their credentials. The negotiations were formal. Our new manager arrived in Uganda. I explained the desired policies in Africa and Uganda. Mr. [Sifullah] Vahid Dastjardi, [Head of the Red Crescent Organization] and [Ali] Ghiori, [Representative of the Guardian of the Red Crescent] came. They gave a report on the services provided to the earthquake victims and that the reserve tents have decreased a lot. I was supposed to help with the replacement.

[Mr. Isa Kalantari], the Minister of Agriculture and his deputies and [Mr. Mohsen] Nurbakhsh, [CEO of Central Bank] came. A decision was made to provide riyals for the Khuzestan sugarcane project and they gave a progress report. Mr. Nurbakhsh asked for help to solve the possible problems of Mr. Khatami in connection with the leadership and the parliament, etc. Mr. [Hossein] Marashi came and consulted about the chairmanship of the parliament.

In the evening Mr. [Mohammed] Faruzandeh, [Minister of Defense] came and consulted with the offending German company on how to reconcile. The Supreme National Security Council had a meeting. The issues of Afghanistan, Türkiye and Europe were raised. The Defense Council has been defeated in Mazar-i-Sharif [Afghanistan] and my friend [Abd al-Rashid] Dostum and... have also fled.

In the evening Mr. Dr. [Hasan] Rohani, [Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council] came. They talked about the results of the [presidential] elections and the reasons for the defeat of Mr. Natiq's faction [Nuri] and the losses of the widespread support of the scholars and attributing it to the leadership, as well as the issue of the chairmanship of the parliament. On the phone, I spoke with the leadership about the opinion of the Supreme Council [National Security] regarding the lifting of the ban on the visit of the German ambassador, which he opposed.

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