Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – September 30, 1997

Until nine o'clock in the morning, I studied for tomorrow's lecture in the prayer seminar. A group of Sunni scholars from Sistan and Baluchistan - Friday imams of Zahedan, Chabahar, Iranshahr, Saravan and Khash, along with Maulvi [Mohammed] Ishaq Madani - came. They complained about the strictness of the representative of the leadership regarding the establishment of schools and the construction of mosques, as well as the lack of employment of Sunni forces in the administrative affairs of the country. While accepting the reminder, I told them that the main issue is building trust. They should not act in a way that arouses the suspicion of the country's officials, and similar content is also created about scholars and Shia provinces. Then came the leadership representative. I also warned them to attract them.

Mr. Ahmad Jalali came in the evening. For the acceptance of Iran's representation in UNESCO, which Mr. Dr. [Mustafa] Moin, [Minister of Culture and Higher Education] requested and also consulted on the procedure; I confirmed He complained that at the beginning of the revolution, he was rejected because of his behavior on the radio and the presence of his household furniture in [Sadegh] Qutbzadeh's house.

Dr. [Hasan] Rouhani, [Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council and head of the Assembly's Strategic Research Center] came. He gave the report of his negotiations with the leadership; including informing the leadership that the situation has become such that the society thinks that they are with the same movement and are against the agents that they did not accept. We discussed how to operate at the Strategic Research Center.

Akhvi Mohammad, [executive deputy of the president] came. reported that Mr. [Mohammed] Yazdi, [Head of the Judiciary], in a telephone conversation with Mr. [Abdullah] Nouri, [Minister of the Interior], said that Mr. [Gholamohsin] Karbaschi, [Mayor of Tehran], should be detained for questioning for two or three days; It seems that he thought that the negotiator was Mr. [Ismail] Shushtri, [Minister of Justice] who said this. The brokers are very worried and they are having a meeting to find a solution and they asked me. He said, Mr. [Mohsen] Nourbakhsh, [CEO of Central Bank] has reported that people are withdrawing their money from banks and the market is stagnant.