Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi - November 16, 2001

The meeting of Sheikh Hossein and Mohsen Hashemian and the report of the transfer of water from Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari to Rafsanjan
Mehdi Hashemi's report on the activities of the country's Fuel Consumption Optimization Organization
Full text of the diary:
I was at home. He spent all his time studying. Mehdi, [CEO of the country's Fuel Consumption Optimization Organization], said that with the fall in oil prices and the possibility of a decrease in production and an increase in the consumption of gasoline, diesel and mazout in the country, the Ministry of Petroleum has also found problems.  
At night, Ashik Hossein Hashemian [cousin] and Mohsen Hashemian came. Sheikh Hossein's condition is recovering, but it is still difficult for him to walk, but he has started work and is following up on the issue of transferring water from Chaharmahal Bakhtiari to Rafsanjan and believes that it is not more than 400 billion tomans that should be provided by selling water to the owners of pistachio orchards. I said that there might be some opposition from the Khuzestani and Isfahanis, and the cost of the project would be even higher. It was decided that he would send me the economic justification of the plan so that I could see.
The Palestinian crisis continues. [Yasser] Arafat has not been able to meet with [George] Bush in the United States, and [Israeli Prime Minister Ariel] Sharon has rejected the opinion of the European Union and the Security Council, and the United States is pressuring the Lebanese leaders to freeze Hezbollah's accounts as a terrorist group, and they are resisting.

Ten U.S. and British warships have passed through the Suez Canal to the Sea of Oman, Canada has sent three, France has sent the first group of troops to the region, the German parliament has approved the deployment of troops, Australia has sent troops, Japan has approved logistical assistance, and the Iraqi government has announced that the U.S. invasion of Iraq is certain. 
A Spanish engineer said that he first worked in Iran's military industries during the revolution, and then, because of the persecution he suffered in Iran, he went to Iraq and optimized the Scott missiles and built the Al-Hussein missile.  
The United Nations has agreed to the arrival of [Burhanuddin] Rabbani, [the president of the Mujahideen government] in Kabul, but the United States seems to be opposed. Mullah Omar, [the Taliban leader], has ordered his forces to evacuate Kandahar and hit the mountain, and the besieged Taliban in Kunduz are also ready to leave.
Last night, there was vandalism in parts of Tehran and other cities after the match [of the national football teams of Iran and Ireland].