Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – November 11, 1997

From home, we went to the presidential institution club to visit the exhibition of the achievements of technological absorption. It was organized by the institution's technology recruitment office; I have established this office myself. They explained some of its important examples in the fields of airplanes, rockets, engine turbines, and biotechnology. They have taken more from Russia, whose gates have been opened recently. I did an interview at the end.

In my office, Mr. Kivan Sepehr, [journalist, graphic artist and director of the flight publication] came. He gave some comments about cultural affairs and said that the high price of the book "Memories of My Struggle" has made many readers unable to use the book. I proposed to establish a cultural foundation.

Mr. [Mohsen] Nurbakhsh came in the evening. He appealed to the mayor of Tehran to solve the problem and said that if this situation continues, their faction will inevitably take action. A group of MPs came and said that they have agreed to defend the right in the parliament, away from factional relations. They expressed their concern about the growing disputes and the elimination of the cadres in the government and asked me to intervene to solve the problems.

Mr. [Ali] Younisi, the head of the judicial organization [of the armed forces] came. He expressed great concern about the weakening of the position of the leadership after the elections, municipal issues, the actions of the judiciary and the Hezbollah group, and new movements in the areas against the leadership, and asked me to intervene to correct this situation. I said that the solution is to recruit middle-class forces.