Akbar Hashemi's Memoirs - August 29, 2002

In the media, the discussion of the houses of chastity prepared by the Ministry of Interior to organize the damaged women, the statement of the Participation Party about the problems of society for which they themselves are also responsible, the condemnation of the Freedom Movement, the interview with [Siamak] Pourzand, [the journalist], and the remarks of the leadership in the meeting of the Friday prayer headquarters are noteworthy.Full text of the daily record:The US Foreign Policy Council explicitly told the government that the US has lost its international standing and must work to regain its image, which is an important admission.

In the media, the discussion of the shelters for women in need, prepared by the Ministry of Interior to organize aid for damaged women, the statement from the Participation Party regarding the problems of society for which they are also responsible, the condemnation of the Freedom Movement, [Siamak] Pourzand's interview, [the journalist], and also the leadership's remarks during the meeting with Friday prayer committees are noteworthy. The situation in Jordan concerning the possibility of a U.S. attack on Iraq is of great concern. [King Abdullah], the king of Jordan, claims that he will not cooperate with the U.S., but it is speculated that the U.S. has special plans for Jordan. Mr. Abubakr Al-Qirbi, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of [Yemen], visited. Regarding Iraq, he stated that the U.S. apparently decided to conduct military operations and that no Arab countries, except for Kuwait and Qatar, agree with it. Regarding Palestine, he mentioned that Israel does not agree with the Arab peace plan and said that Yemen has been under pressure from the U.S. since September 11. He invited me to Yemen.

The wife, son and daughter of the martyr [Ali Akbar] Shiroudi came and said that they were bought by buying an apartment in Tehran, which provided the money from the sale of their home in Kermanshah and the land in Shirood [Mazandaran].  Their son spends a pilot's period for Mahan Airlines.

The era of the doctor was Habibi.  According to the Iranian Center for Iranian Studies, he criticized the stress and the weakness of the government's management and expressed concern about the disputes and asked me to interfere with the unity.

Mr [Mohammad Baqir] Nobakht, [Rasht's representative and] Secretary -General of the Moderation and Development Party, said they had decided to have a press interview with a group of members of the party's central council.  He consulted and expressed concern about the speed of inflation, which has reached 4.9 percent in the past three months.  He said that liquidity has also grown greatly, and the partnership papers were not welcomed, which failed to attract some of the liquidity.

Ali Akhi Zadeh, [Rafsanjan's representative] came. Hussein Marashi has summoned Kerman's representative to court and has been charged with 150 million tomans in connection with the case [Shahram].  He said that there may be a seizure in the Majlis tomorrow, and Mr Karroubi, [Speaker of the Majlis], who was hospitalized because of the heart boredom, will have to come to parliament.