Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – October 11, 1997

Expediency Council had a meeting. We examined three cases of disagreement between the Majlis and the Guardian Council; In one case, the opinion of the Guardian Council was confirmed, and in one case, the opinion of the Majlis, and in one case, the opinion of the Majlis was approved.

I spoke with Mr. [Mohammed] Yazdi about the conviction of Firouzi; He was not in the news either. They were surprised. In the afternoon, they announced that they had suspended the verdict and asked for the case to be processed. It is a strange case.

In the evening, Mr. [Hossein] Mahluji came and consulted for the establishment of the party; I confirmed He expressed concern about the weakness of construction and the emergence of distrust and stagnation due to the awkward plan to return windfall wealth. He wanted me to go on a trip to Kashan and wanted to work in the strategic research center.

Mr. [Ali] Fallahian came. He talked about his trip to Umrah, Syria and Lebanon, and expressed his concern about the stagnation that has gripped the country due to the leadership's statements and the performance of the new government, and demanded that the responsibility of the cultural deputy of the Research Center [Strategic Assembly] be transferred to him.

Mr. [Behrouz Nouri] Khajawi, [CEO of Blandpayeh Company] and Qiyami came. They complained about the false writings of the Sobh monthly regarding the Ministry of Energy and their own company and declared the risk of losing the good forces of the revolution with these policies and defaming the servants.

We had a meeting with Dr. [Hasan] Rouhani for the research center. In the reports, the terrible storm in the south of Mexico is of interest, with a speed of more than 200 km, more than 400 people were killed and there were many damages.