Memories of Akbar Hashemi - 11 November 2002

 Special military industries and their technical issues were discussed

The leadership among the officials warned about the lack of coordination between the three powers and the failure to follow their orders and said that if the orders are not followed, they will inevitably ask the people to intervene, which is a new threat.

The opposition and fight against the death sentence of Mr. Aghajari is developing, and the judiciary and the person of Mr. Hashemi Shahroudi are being insulted in student gatherings in Hamadan, Tehran, and other cities.

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Mr. Seyyed Jalal Motaqi [Mousavi of the Koran and Atrat Center], one of the fighters before the revolution, came with his son.  He told an interesting memory of his first meeting with me before the revolution and his current activities for education;  is a teacher  Ms. Azam Naseri, the representative of Islamabad [West] came to the parliament.  He spoke about the needs and talents of the region and made suggestions about general policies and said that the attention of the caring and independent observers of the country is on you to end these disputes.

Mr. [Ali] Shamkhani, [Minister of Defense], [Ali] Hosseinitash, [Deputy Minister of Defense] and [Mohsen] Fakhrizadeh, [Nuclear Physicist and Head of Defense Modern Research Organization] came.  Special military industries and their technical issues were discussed.  

Dr. [Mohsen] Noorbakhsh, [CEO of Central Bank] came.  He has explanations about the distribution of currency outside the Dad network and complaints about the way the head of the judiciary is followed up and the appointment of the inspectors group.  There was supposed to be a meeting tonight in the presence of the three forces and me to investigate, but the meeting was not held due to Mr. [Syed Mahmoud] Hashemi Shahroudi's statement of boredom.  
In the evening, we went to the leader's office.  The officials of the country had an invitation for iftar.  The leadership and the president had a speech;  With the leadership's sermon, they warned about the lack of coordination of the three powers and the failure to follow their orders and said that if the orders are not followed, they will inevitably ask the people to intervene, which is a new threat.  In fact, a few days ago, in a message, they asked the students to follow and demand for the implementation of Islamic justice, which led to weak movements.  

After breaking the fast, I went to my office and worked until seven at night and read the reports.  The opposition and fight against the death sentence of Mr. [Hashem] Aghajari is developing and no one supports it, and in student gatherings, in Hamedan, Tehran and other cities, the judiciary and the person of Mr. Hashemi Shahroudi, [head of the judiciary] are insulted.  In today's resolution of Tarbiat Modares University, they demanded his resignation.  They have also insulted the leadership and asked the council of experts to investigate the lack of prudence and justice in the leadership.  Earlier, this content was mentioned in the letter of the Vahdat arbitration board. Mr. [Mahdi] Karroubi, [President of the Parliament], in the parliament, made harsh words against the [execution] sentence and the judiciary, and Mr. Shahroudi has also responded today.  Representatives and left parties have sharp statements in newspapers. 
There has been a massive attack on the American base in Afghanistan.  Saddam [Hussein, the president of Iraq], asked the Iraqi parliament to review the resolution [1441 of the UN Security Council].  The foreign ministers of Arab countries have asked Iraq to accept the resolution.  The storm has taken many casualties in America.  The crash of the Philippine plane killed 16.  Anti-war demonstrations are developing.