Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – November 9, 1997

Mr. [Mohammad Reza] Naqdi, [Information Protection Commander] came from Naja [= police force]. gave a report on the results of the investigation on the violations of Tehran municipality; In order to justify extreme actions that have a very negative effect. He believes that the mayor's goal was to bring western culture and weaken the culture of the revolution and create a new prosperous class; With this view, he sees many services as negative and has filed a case.

He apologized for the fact that the names of people and the false statements of some of the defendants of the municipality against other personalities were mentioned in the reports and said that in order to find accomplices for themselves, they mentioned the names of elders and officials and it is clear that they said the wrong. Including the names of [Hasan] Rouhani, [Ali Akbar] Natiq [Nuri], [Syed Mohammad] Khatami, [Ali Akbar] Velayati and [Ali] Falahian, etc. I advised him not to act excessively and misbehave with the defendants and see their valuable services and not magnify their faults.

Mr. [Ahmed] Zamanian, the former representative of Nahavand, came. He is in charge of the judiciary research center. He said about the weakness of Mr. [Mohammed] Yazdi, [head of the judiciary] and the disorganization of the judicial system, especially the prisoners. Mr. [Mortaza] Mohammad Khan, [General Director of Customs] came. He complained about the incorrect treatment of the Court of Accounts and said about the weak performance of [Mr. Hossein Namazi], the new Minister of [Economic Affairs and] Finance, and expressed concern about the incompleteness of the construction program.

In the evening, Dr. [Abdullah] Jasbi, [President of the Islamic Azad University] came and asked for help to deal with the harassment of the Ministry of Science towards the Islamic Azad University. Mr. Vakili came and brought a report on the water outlook for the year 1400 from the time he was in charge, and criticized the removal of funds for fifty new dams, and expressed his concern about the possibility of the building of the Islamic summit [organization of the conference] not being ready.

[Board members] of the Energy Economy Research Association came and expressed their readiness to cooperate with the Expediency Recognition Council. I was a guest of the leadership at dinner. We talked to him about the Expediency Council, my Umrah trip, the issue of Mr. Azari [Qami] and the anti-leadership and anti-provincial movements of the jurist, the election of experts and the false reports of Mr. [Mohammed Reza] Naqdi and the extremism of critical media.