Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – October 6, 1997

Until half past nine in the morning, I worked at home to edit the book [Going through the crisis,] memoirs ready for publication in 1360. I think it is very readable and enlightening. The real history is the first years of the revolution and the war; Especially those days coincided with the peak of clashes between the Imam's line and the liberals led by Bani Sadr and were very interesting and exciting.

After a few hours, I went to Koushk's office. Chastity also came there for lunch. They brought the works and bulletins from below. I also studied some history of the Qajar era about the war between Iran and England over Herat and Afghanistan. In the evening, I used the swimming pool and steam bath to treat joint pain.

In the reports, the issue of Total and America's investment in Iran's gas industries is still discussed. It seems that America is acting passively and from a position of weakness, and the conflict between Europe and the United States, as well as the rise in oil prices in the world market due to the hasty movement of the US Independence-class aircraft carrier to the Persian Gulf, along with a warning to Iran regarding the bombing of Iranian planes against the headquarters of the hypocrites in Iraq, has caused consumer governments to criticize the US for this crude action and the considerable benefit of the oil-owning governments, including ourselves.

Also, the issue of the return of the European embassy to Iran, as well as the escalation of the civil war in Afghanistan, and the clumsy action of the Taliban in banning the use of photos and images of sentient beings, as well as the peak of killing and killing of ordinary people in Algeria, such as students and villagers, are very brutal.