Akbar Hashemi's Memoirs - October 18, 2002

  Judge Asgar: While Mr. Seyyed Jalaluddin Taheri had signed the first copy and wanted to sign the second copy of his resignation letter, his wife took the letter and tore it and said, why do you want to write a letter of repentance?!

The judge announced that the head of the research institute [Ideh], which announced the news of the opinion poll about the relations with the United States, admitted that he committed espionage.

Full text of the newspaper:

In the session of the assembly [identification of expediency of the system], the rest of the general policies of urban development were approved.  In the afternoon, Mr. [Syed Ali] Qazi Askar, a member of the political council of the Imams of Isfahan and the interim Imam of Isfahan, came. He said that he had resigned from the temporary Imamate of Isfahan, and in Isfahan, with the isolation of Mr. [Syed Jalaluddin] Taheri, [the former Imam of Isfahan], there is no left-wing faction, and together with Mr. [Mohsen] Rezayi and [Hasan] Rouhani, they tried to make Mr.   Taheri should sign a letter to compensate for his resignation letter;  While he had signed the first copy and was about to sign the second copy, his wife entered the room, took the letter and tore it and said, why do you want to write a letter of repentance?!  He said, Saudi Wahhabis and Salafis, using the government's facilities, have many anti-Shia books and they do not receive the necessary answers, and they collect and publish false and weak materials from Shia books.

In Indonesia, a law to fight terrorism has been approved after the Bali bombings and Abu Bakr Bashir, the leader of Jamaat-e-Islami, has been arrested.  Americans have said that the same iron fist policy of [Mohammed] Suharto, [former president] should be implemented in Indonesia.  

In the Philippines, an explosion in a bus killed and injured many.  In Afghanistan, a missile hit the American base in Khost [province] and a fire was observed;  But the US usually does not report the casualties of such operations.

In America, someone claimed to be the mysterious shooter who has killed nine people so far;  Later, it turned out that he lied and was not arrested, and the matter became dumb.  Many demonstrations have been held in several countries against American policies.  In Moscow, a bomb exploded in an American McDonald's restaurant, killing and injuring many.

Public Relations and Justice [Tehran Province] has announced that [Mr. Behrooz Granpayeh], the head of the research institute [Aindeh], which announced the opinion poll about relations with the United States, has admitted that he committed espionage.  The Japanese paid the cost of surveying and commissioning.   
On the way home, I went to Akhtar Hospital to fix my teeth.