Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – November 8, 1997

We left home and saw the building where the summit of the Islamic Conference was held. Three charms are under construction. It is making good progress. They have promised to deliver in December, but they may not be able to fulfill their commitment; I emphasized on their commitment.

I went to the office. Mr. [Mohammed Mohammadi] Ray Shahri, [Secretary General of the Islamic Revolution Values ​​Defense Society], was waiting. He talked about the weakness of the judiciary and the problems of the law of public courts and the harms of the current dealings with the Tehran municipality and the harms of advertising windfalls, and since the matters remained unfinished, we decided to negotiate another time.

We had a meeting of the Expediency Council. Before the meeting, Mr. [Mohammed] Yazdi, [Head of the Judiciary], raised the issue of Mr. Azari [Qomi]'s negative and harmful interactions with the leadership and letters to me, the Minister of Information and the President, and demanded appropriate action. He reported the demonstrations of Qom students against him and the request to expel him from the community of teachers [Qom seminary]. Others also spoke. Mr. [Mohammed] Yazdi and Mr. [Mohammadi] Ray Shahri, [Qorban Ali] Dori [Najafabadi], [Mortaza] Moqtadaei and [Ali] Larijani were arranged to investigate. In principle, let's think about the current issue of weakening the authority of the jurist after consulting with the intellectual leadership.

In the evening, Mr. [Hasan] Danayi Far, [CEO of Sepasd Engineering Company] came and complained about Mr. [Yahia] Rahim Safavi, [Commander-in-Chief of the IRGC], regarding himself and some other commanders. Mr. [Ishaq] Jahangiri, [Minister of Industries and Mines] came. While reporting on the status of steel, copper, aluminum, lead and mining industries, he expressed concern about the economic recession and the slow down of the construction process.

After Maghrib prayer, Dr. [Hasan] Rouhani, [Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council] came. We discussed the disorder and problems caused by the unreasonable dealings with the municipality and the filing of the data protection case against the personalities and mysterious movements that exist against the religious authority and leadership. I stayed in my office at night.