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Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – August 8, 1982

In the evening I attended a meeting of the Party's Central Council and we had various discussions. At night there was an advisory meeting of the leaders at Mr Khamenei's office. We discussed the new ministers, the protests that MPs have against the government, and the country's judicial situation.

Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – August 7, 1982

At six in the morning we went to the shrine for the ceremony. The shrine had been cordoned off. A hatch opened into the shrine. We donned special garments with Mr [Vaez] Tabsi and Messrs [Atallah] Ashrafi [Isfahani], the Friday Imam of Bakhtaran, and [Abu al-Hasan] Shirazi, the Friday Imam of Mashhad, and [Seyed Jalaluddin] Taheri, the Friday Imam of Isfahan, entered the shrine.

Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – August 6, 1982

In the evening, I gave a speech to the vast crowd of pilgrims and the people of Mashhad.  Many scholars and officials came and we met with them. Last night the prayer leaders came. That evening I got in touch with Tehran and spoke to the Foreign Minister about the trip to India, as we are still undecided. Regarding the matters the Turkish Foreign Minister had raised, they said he mainly wants to understand something. We slept there that night.

Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – August 5, 1982

We held an open session. The council plan, questions and the selection of members for the Inter-Parliamentary Conference were on the agenda. At midday two people arrived from Qom and requested facilities for the seminary, a printing press and other amenities. Mr Saeedi from the [Parliament's] Public Relations Department consulted me about publishing my pre-order speeches.

Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – August 4, 1982

Mr Mohsen Rezaei also complained about the opposition movements within the Revolutionary Guards. They want too much power and authority, and the mood in society and in Parliament is against it. In the afternoon we held a meeting of the Presiding Board, and in the evening I stayed in Parliament, spending the time reading and listening to the news.

Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – August 18, 1982

I did not attend the Majlis because of an appointment with the Imam. The session was chaired by Mr [Mohammad] Yazdi. A number of us from the delegation travelling to India went to visit the Imam and reported to him. The Imam was displeased with the harsh treatment of ministers by the Majlis deputies and ordered that unity be preserved and

Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – August 17, 1982

I attended the public session. I spoke about the results of the trip to India and the brutality of terrorists. The council plan is still on the agenda. At noon, I met with the Khuzestan training camp and members of the Liberation Movements and spoke to them. In the evening, I took part in two sessions of Hezbollah representatives' fringe meetings.

Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – August 16, 1982

After the dawn prayer, I wrote up yesterday's recollections and obtained the news from Iran: the Mujahedin-e Khalq kidnapped three guards, tortured them with indescribable cruelty, buried two of them alive after torture, and were soon caught and confessed to their crime. This incident had a strange effect…

Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – August 15, 1982

Today is the thirty-fifth anniversary of India's independence. We attended the ceremony with part of the delegation. There was some disagreement over whether I should attend in person, but in the end I decided to go. A magnificent ceremony was held in the large square beside the historic Redford Castle. Seat number one belonged to Mrs Gandhi.

Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – August 14, 1982

Reporters from two leading Bangalore newspapers came for an interview and asked about the war, the Non-Aligned Movement and the treatment of opponents, especially Baha'is and terrorists. One of them wrote a false report claiming that Muslim students had collected a petition bearing ten thousand signatures protesting the entry of the Iranian delegation into India.

Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – August 13, 1982

We set off from the airport towards Bangalore and arrived there late at night. The Speaker of the State Assembly and others, together with a large crowd, had come to greet us, but the police, who were responsible for our security, would not allow me to speak to the people, so we went straight to the hall that the students had prepared. It was a splendid assembly, and I spoke for an hour.

Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – August 12, 1982

At the Taj Mahal, the inscriptions were verses from the Qur'an and the marble stones were adorned with agate and ruby. The English have taken many of them, and only a few remain. There aren't many remarkable artefacts, but they hype it up to attract tourists.

Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – August 11, 1982

At twelve o'clock I met Mrs Indira Gandhi and we negotiated for an hour and fifteen minutes. I explained the situation in Iran, the revolution and Iran's viewpoints, while she mostly spoke off the record and implicitly justified her trip to the United States.

Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – August 10, 1982

 At the invitation of the Speaker of the Indian Lower House – which has 542 members – we set off for India today at the head of a 42-strong delegation from the parliament, the government, the army and the broadcaster. At half past nine in the morning, we flew from Tehran on a Shahin with a two-jet escort (due to the threat of war), one and a half hours late. The reason for the delay was a lack of coordination between the forces, the staff and the airport. It turned out the plane's captain was barred from leaving the country; what a mess!

Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – August 9, 1982

I stayed at home and made arrangements by telephone regarding the companions on the trip to India and other matters. Mr Mohammad Mohammadi Reyshahrī consulted on the start of Mr Saadiq Qotbzadeh's trial. The Imam said it should be concluded sooner rather than later. Someone reported that they had uncovered a network intending to spend money to secure Qotbzadeh's release; I introduced the individual to Mr Reyshahrī for him to follow up. 

Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – August 3, 1982

We held a public session. The Councils Bill and two questions were on the agenda, with representatives speaking before business. In the afternoon, Mr [Muhyiddin] Fazl Herandi arrived and gave his report on his trip to Europe to guide the Islamic student associations, and he complained about our ambassador in Bonn, saying that Mr Moghaddam, the cleric of the Hamburg mosque, had forged a union with the students. 

Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – August 2, 1982

Early this morning, the family of Martyr [Hossein] Elm al-Huda came to our house to visit the Imam. I made an appointment and they went to visit the Imam. Today the families of the martyrs are going to visit the Imam. Usually, every week a group of the martyrs' families come to visit the Imam.

Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – August 1, 1982

I got up early in the morning. Mohsen, accompanied by Mohsen Vafadar, was setting off for the front. Aftab saw him off and he passed under the Quran. May God protect the Islamic fighters.

Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – July 31, 1982

In the evening, Ahmad Agha came and spoke about the meeting of the members of the Supreme Judicial Council with the Imam and their request for renewed endorsement and to make amends for the Imam's previous remarks that had undermined them. Mr [Abd al-Karim] Mousavi Ardabili has also asked me to intercede with the Imam on this matter.

Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – July 30, 1982

Early this morning the Karbala headquarters reported that our forces, after destroying the enemy's forces, had returned to their previous position for fear of being encircled. I am not satisfied with this and it was decided that it would be discussed at the Supreme Defence Council. I led the Friday prayer. One sermon was on the economy and surplus value, and the other on the reasons for entering Iraqi territory.

Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – July 29, 1982

In the afternoon I went to visit Mr Abdolmajid Maadi-khoh. Mr Ahmad came too. He is very depressed. We discussed the reasons for his resignation and agreed to talk about it later. They brought the reports from the Majlis and I read them. In the evening a group of relatives were our guests. We talked about the mines of Kerman.

Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – July 28, 1982

At ten o'clock in the morning I went to visit the Imam; he was in very good health. I sought his advice about the trip to India; he said that if they can maintain security, it would be fine. Regarding [Sayed Hussein Mousavi Tabrizi], the Chief Prosecutor of the Revolution, the Imam will not allow the Judicial Council to restrict him.

Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – July 27, 1982

I stayed at home, reading and resting. Mr Sheikh Ghadratollah Alikhani came from Qazvin. I spoke by telephone with Mr Khamenei about the remarks made by the Syrian embassy official.

Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – July 26, 1982

The body of Mr [Sidiounes], the representative of Tavalash, who passed away yesterday in a car accident, was brought to the Majlis and I spoke.

Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – July 25, 1982

At the start of the appointment, Dr Manaf brought in Dr Khaledi, the dentist, who extracted my tooth. With local anaesthetic I didn't feel any pain, but the injection was uncomfortable. A guard came to carry out the marriage contract.

Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – July 24, 1982

Mr Mir-Hossein Mousavi, the Prime Minister, came with Ahmad-Agha and gave a report on his trip to Algeria and Libya and his talks with the Imam. Dr Hadi Manafī, the Minister of Health, came to see me with a dentist. It was arranged that they would come tomorrow to extract the tooth.

Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – July 23, 1982

I spoke with Mr. Khamenei on the phone. He informed me about the letter from the presidents of Turkey, Pakistan, and Guinea regarding the war and our entry into Iraqi territory, in which they had called for mediation and negotiations, and our response was, as usual, the same as before.  

Second question: Is Mr. Seyyed Mehrdad Seyyed Mahdi still the public relations manager of the office of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic?

These days, the public relations office of the Leader's office is less active in cyberspace. 

The 200,000-toman dollar and empty tables; will an agreement with America save the economy? A conversation with Dr. Seyyed Morteza Afghah.

Our subject is the economy. The economy is not just numbers; sometimes numbers are the narrative of a nation's life. When the dollar crosses the 200,000-toman threshold, the issue is no longer merely the fall in the value of the rial. The issue is how many days a salary can buy life, what things a family must go without, and how much poorer a society can become and still endure. But one question may be more important than all: is what we see today the product of sanctions, or the product of a style of governance whose weaknesses sanctions have merely exposed in some way? If tomorrow Iran and America reach an agreement, what will happen?

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Iran on a sea of oil, caught in a fuel shortage; has the energy crisis reached the breaking point? A conversation with Dr. Seyyed Hashem Oraei, professor at Sharif University and head of the Union of Iran's Energy Associations.

Countries do not always suffer damage from where the enemy shoots at them. Sometimes they wear out from a place that everyone has warned about in some way for years. Sometimes it wears out from a place where we have seen for years that everyone has warned about it, but no one has been willing to pay the cost of deciding on it. "Imbalance" may be the most polite word we have created to describe one of the most ruthless realities of today's Iran; a country that sits on one of the largest oil and gas resources in the world and today also talks about electricity shortages, gas shortages, gasoline imports, fuel shortages, power plants, and matters of this kind, and the billions of dollars in capital that we still need to save our energy infrastructure. 

From the health of the third leader and Ayatollah's will to the Strait of Hormuz and the possibility of building an atomic bomb, in an exclusive interview with Hassan Ghashghavi, the spokesperson for the National Security

Abdi Media, continuing its series of conversations, this time turned to Hassan Ghashghavi, the spokesperson for the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of the Majlis. The conversation with him began with the question: How far are we from the next war?

Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – September 14, 2003

The discussion of the Board of Governors' resolution against Iran is heated in domestic and foreign media. Colin Powell, the US Secretary of State, and Mohamed ElBaradei, the Director General of the Agency, have said that if Iran does not accept, the matter will go to the UN Security Council.

Twitter responses of September 12 and 13

Fereydoun Majlesi: The clergy, which had gained power, did not even tolerate its own self-made party.

Let us strive to prevent further harm to Iran; let this bleeding and chronic war be brought to an end.

Fereydoun Majlesi: We cannot consider the situation that has been created for the Iranian nation as a victory.

Trump wants to blame his slim chances in the election on the rival party and the war with Iran.

Fereydoun Majlesi: Inside and outside Iran, two opposing groups want Iran's issues to be resolved through war.

There are forces in Iran who, before Trump's speech, support Iran going nuclear.

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Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – September 12, 2003

After several days of discussion in Vienna, it was announced tonight that the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency has approved the resolution proposed by Japan, Australia, and Canada by consensus and without a vote. Iran's representative, Mr. Ali Akbar Salehi, left the meeting in protest and, in an interview...

Is defending "Iran" synonymous with defending the "Islamic Republic"? An exclusive conversation with Hossein Kanani Moghaddam, Secretary-General of Iran's Green Party.

Hossein Kanani Moghaddam: A strong system can preserve Iran.

Hossein Kanani Moghaddam, Secretary-General of Iran's Green Party: The cost of war is less than the cost of surrender.

If I had a choice, I would follow the orders of the Commander-in-Chief.

Hossein Kanani Moghaddam, Secretary-General of Iran's Green Party: If we want to use the weapons we have, the Americans might move toward nuclear weapons.

The final battle is still to come; these are just warm-ups!

Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – September 13, 2003

At the Leader's office, there was a consultative meeting to find a solution to the IAEA Board of Governors' resolution, with the same individuals as in the previous meetings. The possibility of accepting the resolution or completely rejecting it was discussed, and a middle-ground solution was chosen: to protest the resolution, cooperate within the limits of the NPT, and continue negotiations. 

Hossein Kanani Moghaddam, Secretary-General of Iran's Green Party: The IRGC is no longer commander-centric; it is structure-centric.

Up to 5-6 levels down, our successors in the IRGC and the army have been designated; they {the Americans} cannot dismantle the structure.

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Fond memories—Haj Sheikh Reza Panahian's tweet and an introduction to his New World Order.

Greetings to Mr. Hossein Samsami, Member of the Islamic Consultative Assembly.

You know that if you express an opinion and raise a question from the official podium of the Parliament in your capacity as a Member of Parliament, you are also immune from judicial prosecution.

Do you remember my previous note and my recent note regarding the changes in the Judiciary?

Now, Brigadier General Delavar Alqasi-Mehr has been appointed and inaugurated as the Police Commander of Alborz Province.

A question regarding the scope of authority of the First Vice Chief of the Judiciary.

Recently, rather than standard administrative circulars, Sheikh Hamzah Khalili, in his capacity as the First Vice Chief of the Judiciary, has increasingly issued and promulgated regulations that sometimes

Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – April 14, 1999

I went to my office and attended to my work. I then went to Shahid Motahari Mosque for a program bringing together preachers and mourning associations in preparation for Muharram. Mr. [Alireza] Mohammadkhani and Mr. [Mahmoud] Mohammadi Araqi, [head of the Islamic Propaganda Organization], gave reports.

Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – April 13, 1999

We went from home to the Army Joint Staff. After a formal military reception, we held discussions with senior commanders, including Mr. [Hassan] Firouzabadi, Mr. [Ali] Shahbazi, Mr. [Ali] Shamkhani, Mr. [Mostafa] Torabi, Mr. [Abbas] Mohtaj, and others. 

Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – April 12, 1999

We went from home to the International Exhibition for the International Congress of Dentists. We first visited dozens of exhibition booths. Most dental consumables and many dental instruments are manufactured domestically, and in many cases exports have also begun.

Do you remember my note about the necessity of reforming the security and protection agencies?

This is also the official channel of the General and Revolutionary Courts of Tehran; they held an explanatory and clarifying session on protection and intelligence.

Mr. Head of the Social Security Organization, greetings. If you have time, please pay a visit to Shahid Lavasani Hospital in eastern Tehran.

With respect to all the staff of this hospital and understanding the working and economic conditions and hardships, but the trees are thirsty for water. 

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Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – September 11, 2003

Israel Radio is dwelling on a statement I made yesterday at the Quranic competitions, that America deployed its forces to the region with the intention of besieging Iran, but now America itself is vulnerable and under siege by Iran.

Hossein Kanani Moghaddam, Secretary-General of Iran's Green Party: America seeks the collapse of Iran, not the collapse of the Islamic Republic.

In America's long-term policies, the people have no place.

Twitter responses on September 11

Hossein Kanani Moghaddam, Secretary-General of Iran's Green Party: The governance, due to the methods it has created in its management, has created holes through which the people suffer losses.

Wrong decisions and the failure to implement communicated policies will bring corruption.

Greetings, Mr. Spokesperson of the Judiciary.

The Head of the Judiciary explicitly says here: Those two ministers had committed crimes, and we dealt with their crimes.

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Hossein Kanani Moghaddam, Secretary-General of Iran's Green Party: We must increase the resilience of the economy.

I told Mr. Rouhani, instead of a resistance economy, you turned to economic resistance.

Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – September 10, 2003

At the request of the Assembly of Experts, we returned by metro. They were impressed by the grandeur and order of the metro. / In Vienna, at the meeting of the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency, discussions regarding Iran's nuclear programs continue...

What is the goal of negotiating with America? A conversation with Hossein Kanani Moghaddam, Secretary-General of Iran's Green Party.

Hossein Kanani Moghaddam: In a situation where the other side is "a crazy person," we must try to contain him.

Hossein Kanani Moghaddam, Secretary-General of Iran's Green Party: If you want to implement shock therapy, the people will undoubtedly take to the streets.

We are engaged in a hybrid war.

Hossein Kanani Moghaddam, Secretary-General of Iran's Green Party: We are moving toward ending the war with a "final battle."

The Americans are stuck in the quagmire of the Strait of Hormuz.

Hossein Kanani Moghaddam, Secretary-General of Iran's Green Party: The reason people respond to the voice of the opposition is that their problems are not solved internally.

The Americans believed that if we do not create an alternative against the Islamic Republic, we cannot overthrow it.

Hossein Kanani Moghaddam, Secretary-General of Iran's Green Party: Unless we confront systematic corruption, we cannot think about economic improvement.

We are suffering from economic black holes.

Zarif: Maximum pressure and war could not change Iran's resilience

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Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – April 11, 1999

The Board of Trustees of the Islamic Azad University held a meeting. We made decisions regarding the establishment of university branches in Zabol, Qorveh, and Amol, as well as increases in the salaries of staff and faculty members.

Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – April 10, 1999

Early in the morning, Faezeh came. She gave me an account of her plans for confronting the injustices of the Judiciary. I went to my office.

Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – April 9, 1999

I stayed at home. I spent the entire day studying. I read a report on the situation of the Sabians in Khuzestan and Iraq, along with a number of texts on ethics.

Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – April 8, 1999

I studied at home until eleven. I went to the Koushk Office and stayed there until four in the afternoon, with the bulletins and newspapers taking up my time.

Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – April 7, 1999

Mr. Hossein Marashi came and reported that Mr. [Morteza] Moqtadaei, [Prosecutor General], had said that he had still not signed the rejection of Mr. Karbaschi’s appeal and that the Public Relations Office of the Tehran Justice Department had lied.

Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – April 6, 1999

The United States has ordered the deployment of Apache helicopters and 2,000 paratroopers to the Balkans, a step toward turning the war into a ground operation.

Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – April 5, 1999

Before noon, I went to Ayatollah Khamenei’s office for the Eid al-Ghadir ceremony. As usual, we sat in the office for a few minutes until the officials had gathered, and then we went to Imam Khomeini Hussainiya. Mr. [Seyyed Mohammad] Khatami, [President], offered his congratulations, and the Leader also gave a brief speech.

Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – April 4, 1999

As Mr. Javier Solana, NATO Secretary General, had said, the third phase of the bombing of Serbia began last night, and a number of government centers and economic facilities have been bombed. A Russian reconnaissance ship has passed through the Bosphorus.

Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – April 3, 1999

Messrs. Hassan Habibi, Seyyed Reza Zavarei, Mohammad Reza Abbasi-Fard, Ahmad Alizadeh, Mohammad Reza Alizadeh, and Ali-Arad, the jurists of the Guardian Council, came and said that people feel your absence from the management of the country and asked me to take a more active role in important national affairs.

Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – April 2, 1999

Before noon, I studied at home for the Friday Prayer sermon. At noon, Effat and Mohsen went to a farm on the Saveh Road; Yasser and Mohsen also have a share in its pistachio orchard. Faezeh, Yasser, and their children were our guests.