Akbar Hashemi's memories - November 14, 2002

  The leadership's threat to use the people to solve problems was met with the reaction of foreigners and some people inside, and anti-revolutionary radios fueled it.

Some of the second Khordadis have said, based on these leadership statements, we can also resort to a referendum.

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I was at home.  We had rain last night, today and tonight.  In the domestic and foreign media, the discussion of Aghajarri's [execution] sentence continues.  Demonstrations in universities have died down, but statements continue.  In yesterday's meeting of Amir Kabir University, Akbar Mousavi Khoyiniha, [Tehran Representative] and Saeed Habibi, [Secretary of Takheem Vahdat Tefem Allameh Office] insulted the leadership.  
Today, in several cities, there were demonstrations in support of the statements of the leadership and the judiciary. The leadership's threat to use the people to solve problems was met with the reaction of foreigners and some people inside, and anti-revolutionary radios are fueling it, and people like [Qassem] Shale Saadi, [lawyer and former representative of Shiraz] have recklessly criticized his statements and say that he is a minority of the people.  They have with them and they cannot use all the people.  

Once, in a meeting, there was talk about the extremism of Sholah Saadi in the foreign media;  They [= the leadership] said, he is an example of the Qur'anic verse that considers the respite of some people with the purpose of increasing the crime [Sunnah "Imla"].   Some of the second Khordadis have said, based on these leadership statements, we can also resort to a referendum;  Including [Mr. Rahman Namjoo], Bukan's representative in the parliament and Mr. Ali Akbar Khoiniha at Amirkabir University.

Yesterday, Mohsen [Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO of Metro Company] said that the contract for providing foreign currency credit for the extension of one metro line from Mirdamad to Djirish was finalized with the Chinese. Mr. [Tahmaseb] Mazaheri, [Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance] said that the budget deficit for the current year is 2,600 billion tomans;  It causes many problems.  Mr. Safdar Hosseini, [Minister of Labor and Social Affairs] said, the owner of the Kale [dairy] factory closed the factory and 500 people lost their jobs in protest against the injustice done to him in the issue of rotten meat, and he criticized the slogan-like propaganda on the issue of meat.

The countries of the world expressed their satisfaction with Iraq's acceptance of [UN Security Council Resolution 1441];  Except America.  The Israeli army has committed more violence in Gaza and the West Bank.  In Afghanistan, a number of American soldiers were killed in an explosion.  The American nuclear submarine was damaged in a collision with a cargo ship in Gibraltar.  At the Congress of the Communist Party of China, half of the 350 members of the party leaders, including Jiang Zemin, were dismissed, and decisions were made to accept capitalists in party positions. 
In southern Europe, the 130 km/h storm has caused a lot of damage.  In the Bay of Bengal, the storm has caused many casualties and damages.