Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – September 25, 1997

At first, Efat was going to Rafsanjan. I recited the travel prayer and left. I spent most of my time studying; The book Key to the Qur'an, the story of the animal castle and the memoirs of Mr. [Mohammed Taghi] Philosophi. Before noon, Mr. Hossein Marashi came. He appealed to Mr. [Gholamohsin] Karbaschi and the Tehran Municipality to solve the problem and said that despite the victory of the liberals in the elections, the atmosphere in the country has become more Hezbollah than in the past.

Fazeh came in the afternoon. He brought lunch, we ate together. He said that he will get a newspaper license soon and they want to form a youth cultural association. Then they left for Rasht with their children. Asr Mohsen came. He said that Mr. [Ishaq] Jahangiri, [Minister of Industries and Mines], accepted membership in the board of directors of [National Steel Company]. Regarding the formation of the party, they had a meeting with a group of former ministers and managers, who asked Mohsen to be a founding member. has not accepted The current affairs of the country and the liquidity problems of the Metro Company and Tehran Municipality were discussed.

I ate alone at night; Left over from last night's food, but at the end of the night, Mehdi came and brought food. We enjoyed the sweet games of Fouad [Mahdi's son]. Mehdi, [CEO of Marine Facilities Engineering and Construction Company], gave a report on the progress of his marine industrial works in South Pars marine and gas projects and the problem of foreign currency supply and the disagreement between Mr. [Bijan Namdar] Zanganeh, [Oil Minister] and [Mohsen] Nurbakhsh, [CEO of the Central Bank] regarding foreign exchange quotas.

In the reports, the failure to solve the problem of Europe regarding the return of their seats is of interest. The Troika [= European Union] was supposed to meet with Mr. [Kamal] Kharazi, [Minister of Foreign Affairs], during the United Nations General Assembly in New York, but they were canceled due to Iran's insistence on delaying the return of the German ambassador - as ordered by Ayatollah Khamenei. Although the ambassadors of France, Greece and Italy met separately, they also emphasized solidarity with Germany and insisted on withdrawing the order to separate the German ambassador from others. They consider this as wrong discrimination, but according to the order of the leadership, Iran says that Germany is to blame for this situation and should be punished.

The new aggression of Turkey to the north of Iraq and the delay of the joint military exercise of the United States, Turkey and Israel in the Mediterranean and the trip of the American astronaut to space to help the Soviet ship are other important cases.