Akbar Hashemi's Memoirs - August 10, 2002

The Hamedan Islamic Students Association published a statement against Mr. Khatami. A group of right-wing students, in a gathering in front of the US embassy, ​​have also called the reformists, and especially the Sharqaht [Party], hypocrites and agents of America.

The leaders said they had spoken to Mr. Khatami about rumors of his possible resignation, but he denied it.

Mr. Zarif said there is ample evidence that the US has a practical plan to cause trouble and deal with Iran and is also determined to attack Iraq. He appealed for help to open the way for action to resolve the problem with the US.

Full text of the diary:

Flooding in Europe is decreasing, but its dangerous effects still remain; including the destruction of a dangerous gas factory in the Czech capital and the release of gases into the atmosphere, as well as the destruction of cemeteries and the release of microbial substances and the discussion of the vulnerability of Europe, although it was thought that infrastructure development had been completed.

The agreement between Israel and the PA for the withdrawal of the Israeli army from the Palestinian territories is of interest. Newsweek magazine published the issue of the death of about a thousand Taliban prisoners in captivity last November, who died in containers during the transfer to Shabarkhan, and as a war crime against the leaders of the Northern United Front, an important case was filed at the United Nations; although the United States wants to exonerate itself, it cannot. CNN began airing a number of videos from al-Qaeda yesterday, claiming to have been obtained from one of bin Laden's houses in Afghanistan, mostly showing training programs for the group, including a scene of testing toxic substances on dogs that kill them.

The Islamic Association of Students of Hamedan has issued a statement against Mr. [Seyed Mohammad] Khatami, who has not kept his promises and is not paying attention to reforms; they have considered the disciplinary regulations in the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution to be anti-reform, and even the approval of the law there, which will be signed by Mr. Khatami, to be against the slogans of reform. At the same time, a group of right-wing students, in a gathering in front of the US embassy, ​​have considered the reformists, and especially the Sharqaht Party, hypocrites and agents of the US, and have called for their expulsion from the parliament.

Mr. [Assadollah] Fardi, the mayor of District 12, came. He explained his scientific works and civil services and complained about the accusations and the case being prepared against him during the boat sinking incident in the city park lake and the death of several students and three days in prison.

Eight members of the Lebanese Hezbollah movement, consisting of parliamentarians and other figures, came. The possibility of an American attack on Iran and Iraq and ways to prevent it were discussed.

Mr. [Gholamreza] Forouzesh, [a member of the Tehran Islamic City Council], came and said that the differences in the Tehran City Council have paralyzed the work and reached a deadlock, and the country's affairs are no less than the mayor's.

In the evening, Mr. [Mohammad Javad] Zarif, Iran's representative to the United Nations, came. He said that there is a lot of evidence that the United States has a practical plan to cause trouble and deal with Iran and is also determined to attack Iraq. He sought help from the United States to open the way for action to resolve the problem and criticized the fact that Abdul Aziz Hakim's departure to the United States was agreed to without receiving any concessions from the United States.

Mr. [Mohammad Baqir] Zolqadr, the deputy commander of the IRGC, came and denied the rumors about his meeting with Qusay, Saddam's son, and said that the leftist extremists have prepared a scenario for leaving the government and are trying to bring Mr. [Mahdi] Karroubi, [Speaker of the Parliament], and [Seyyed Mohammad] Khatami, [President].

I was a guest of the leadership last night. They said that they had spoken to Mr. Khatami about the rumors of his possible resignation, he denied it, and they had also given him a serious reminder about the need to pay attention to the current economic situation and had asked him to personally deal with economic matters. In response to his statements that he had not made any economic promises during the election campaign, they said that firstly, he had made many economic promises and secondly, this is the natural right of the people to expect from the government. They said that Mr. Karoubi, in his meeting with them, said a lot about the problems of some members of parliament and the hard-line members of the Khordad movement, but asked them not to tell anyone else. We discussed the possibility of the US engaging in a conflict with Iraq or Iran, the possibility of the resignation of the hard-line members of the Khordad movement, and the regulations for monitoring the implementation of general policies.

A giant helicopter crashed in Chechnya, killing 14 Russian soldiers and wounding several others.