Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – September 21, 1997

Mr. Hashemi Lulanji, [Member of the Central Council of the Islamic Unity Party of Afghanistan] came from [Burhanuddin] Rabbani's advisers. He said about the dire situation of Afghanistan and his fate and a lot of the successes of the Iranian revolution and myself; Including the honorable end of two terms of the presidency and the honors that in foreign trips unlike the trips of other presidents, I was welcomed by the people of those countries and building and maintaining the people in the scene and confronting the conspiracies of the enemies and finally asking for help.

Mr. [Alireza] Sheikh Attar, our ambassador in India, came. He said that both India and Pakistan feel tired on the issue of Kashmir, and there is a ground for mediation from the US, and he expressed concern about the dismissal of experienced forces by the government and the crudeness of the new directors of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and said that the right-wing forces admit their mistakes in distancing themselves from me before the elections and need to be comforted.

Mr. [Ali] Vakili, the deputy of Mr. Zanganeh who was dismissed, came. He is sad about unemployment and said he wants to work in the private sector. The members of the Haft Tir martyrs headquarters came and asked for help to build the Haft Tir martyrs' slaughterhouse [in Sarcheshmeh neighborhood]. In the evening, Mr. [Mohammed] Fallah, the Deputy [Minister] of Information, came. He reported about the thoughts and plans of different lines and about the lack of coherence in the leadership office and the lack of mastery of Mr. Dari [Najafabadi] at work; He is not sure that he will stay in his position.

Mr. [Hossein] Marashi, [the representative of Kerman] came. He gave a report on the situation in Kerman and expressed his happiness over the victory of the managers of Rafsanjan Pistachio Cooperative Company and asked me for help in solving the problem of the mayor of Tehran.

Mr. [Ahmad] Shafi'i, Deputy Minister of Information, came. He expressed his concern about the results of the elections in relation to the leadership and mismanagement in that office and asked me to intervene to correct the course and thanked me for my constant fatherly positions in all periods. He considers the cure to be in the scene of all currents loyal to the revolution in the affairs of the country.

Mr. [Abbas] Akhundi came. He asked for permission to accept Mr. [Ali] Larijani's deputy position in Sedavasima. I was the guest of the leader. We talked about the trip to Mashhad, the future trip to Urmia, the strategic research center, the right-wing concern about the purges, the issues of Afghanistan, my memoirs, the memoirs of Mr. [Mohammed Taqi] Philosophi, and the issues of Qom and Isfahan.