Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

Criticism of the Iranian government for its weak presence at the CICA summit has intensified; although Iran is one of the founders of this organization and has 16 member countries.

In the yard of Mr. Khatami's house, I asked about the reason for not converting excess currencies into gold, to which they did not have a proper answer.

For the anniversary ceremony of the passing, I went to Imam's shrine. Mr. Hassan [Khomeini] welcomed us, and the leader gave a lengthy speech.

Mr. [Mahmoud] Vaezi said, Mr. Erfani says that the Americans have informed the leadership office.

In the morning, near the amphitheater of Milad Hospital [Social Security Organization]

The European Union has given the United States a two-week deadline to revise its imported steel tariffs and has threatened that after two weeks...

Foreign media are still maneuvering on Mr. Khatami's return to reformist ideals.

The representative of Pakistan at the United Nations said that if there is a war with India, nuclear weapons may be used.

Fateh, who has returned from the Thalassemia conference in London, says that Iran's work for patients with special needs has been recognized as a model.

I talked about the necessity of comprehensive insurance and said that the poverty alleviation plan included insurance and housing, etc.

We went to the conference center for the opening of the fifteenth Congress of Islamic Unity. Islamic scholars from 30 countries.

Mr. Alavi, [the former mayor] said that in the country, managers lack the courage to make decisions and take action. 

The Friday Prayer headquarters had prepared a number of scarves and given them to prominent figures in the front rows to wear around their necks, similar to the leadership. I did not accept it. I said it is imitation.

I was working at home and in the office. Faiza came and gave a report about the international conference on women and sports in Montreal, Canada.

At eight in the morning, we flew to Qom by helicopter to participate in the Congress of Scholars of Naraq.

A number of professors, managers, and students from Imam Hussein University (AS) came to the Corps.

The Ministry of Intelligence declared the rumors of negotiations with the United States as lies that have been raised for factional purposes, and the judiciary deemed the rumor-mongers deserving of prosecution.

A number of managers from the Jihad University organization, along with the staff of the newly established opinion polling center [ISPA], came. Mr. [Ali] Montazermoghaddam.

Dr. Alireza Noori's criticism of the return of his brother, Mr. Abdollah Noori, to prison before his hand has been fully treated.

Today, until 8:00 PM, Hezbollah in Arak besieged the university, and the reinforcements were unable to leave.

I gave a detailed speech about the criteria of value assessment in Islam for human beings - faith, jihad, knowledge, and service to creation.

The leader said, Mr. Khatami should step aside for bringing up the chaos in the country and the repetition of the absence of freedom.

The reformist newspapers are still maneuvering by bringing up Mr. Khatami's resignation, and one news outlet has reported, citing German intelligence, about the discovery of an assassination plot against Mr. Khatami.

We set off towards the Shahid Rajaei Dam at eight o'clock in the morning. At the dam site, Mr. Bagher Mirtabar, the operations manager, provided explanations. He said...

I spent the whole day at the Army Ground Forces camp. The time was spent resting, studying, and walking on the beach.

The governor and the camp leader came. We visited the sections of the camp together; it is worth seeing.

Shahid Rajaee Camp in Baghrud is 600 hectares. Half of it is in the hands of the IRGC and half is in the hands of education.

I went to see the Supreme Leader. They are feeling better. They are worried about the anti-constitutional moves of the 2nd of Khordad 

Mousavian said the government could not take advantage of the good resolution of the Supreme Security Council on the Caspian Sea

Saffarian, the head of Mr. Karroubi's office, asked me to solve the problem of unemployment, foreign policy, and the problem with the United States.

 Ali Asghar Hejazi of the Supreme Leader's Office said that some people have informed the Supreme Leader that the Law on the Protection of Foreign Investment 

At the International Book Fair of Iran, the masters of the press have said harsh words.

In Iran, the government and parliament were also attacked for not paying attention to the needs of the workers, and the teachers were very critical of the government.

Mr. [Reza] Abdollahi, the Chairman of the Economic Commission of the Parliament, came to coordinate on the remaining clauses

I described the actions of the King of Bahrain in transforming the Emirate into a constitutional regime and granting more freedoms

Criticism of the government's policy and weakness on the Caspian Sea issue continues

 Tribal Basij officials came from all over the country to support the Palestinian people.

In Germany, an expelled student attacked a school, killing 16 people and injuring a congregation. This crime has shocked Germany.

The media, the statements of the President of Turkmenistan who said that the Caspian smells of blood, and the news that Mr. Khatami left the meeting

I worked at home and in the office of the palace. We also had rain. I spent a lot of time studying the bill to attract foreign capital 

Dr. [Alireza] Bahrampour, Managing Director of Telecommunication Company, with Mr. Hamed Marashi and Dr. Rahimi

Ebrahim Raisi's apology for the report about Dr. [Ali] Mahfouzi [head of the Forensic Medicine Organization]

[Mr. Salvador Cassin Santos], the new ambassador of Mexico, came and spoke about the many similarities between Iran and Mexico

Mr. Mohsen Duago, the Friday Imam of Lavasanat [and the representative of the Supreme Leader in the affairs of the students of Asia and the Pacific], came. 

Mr. Jiang Zemin, the President of China, and his entourage came. About the development of cooperation

UN Special Envoy to Jenin Camp Report to UN Security Council Embarrass US and Israel

More than 60 percent of Europeans have asked in polls that Europe should separate itself from the United States

We had a meeting with the deputies of the Strategic Research Center of the Expediency Council]

I went to see the Supreme Leader, and they are in complete rest. From the work of Mr. Kamal Kharrazi

The headquarters for the commemoration of Fazelin Naraghi [Mullah Mahdi and Mullah Ahmad] came 

Qassem Soleimani came. He said that Hezbollah is gradually opening a new front in northern Israel. Their analysis is

We had the first meeting of the Expediency Council in the new period. New People

I was at home and we had a lot of rain. It is predicted that we will have rain tomorrow as well. In the city of Omidiyeh in Khuzestan, 105 mm of rain fell 

In the house and office of the palace of the history of the time of Shah Abbas, the plan of the Qom seminary to implement the proposal of the comprehensive university

I went to the center of that institution to inaugurate the meeting of the Housing Foundation. Mr. [Mohammad] Saeedi Kia, [head of the Islamic Revolution Housing Foundation], reported.

At night, I was the guest of the Supreme Leader. The problem of their back and leg pain has not yet been completely resolved.  

Iraq announced that it would cut off oil exports from today in protest of Israel's aggression

While U.S. insists on Israel's immediate withdrawal, Israel says it will continue to occupy

We went to meet with the members of the Expediency Council, and I gave a report on the performance of the Assembly

I proposed to Mohsen the establishment of the "Justice" Prize for the Rafsanjan Documentation Center, Library, and Museum.

We arrived in Tehran at ten o'clock last night. There has been a lot of rain and hail in Tehran and other places

The US Secretary of Defense has once again threatened Iran and Syria, calling Iran the main instigator of the Palestinian Mujahideen.

Egypt has given Israel a 72-hour ultimatum if it does not withdraw from Palestinian cities

Although the meeting of the foreign ministers of the Islamic countries has started in Malaysia since yesterday, but the actions are on the same level as the speeches and declarations of positions

George W. Bush's support for Israel arouses a lot of hatred against him and is embarrassing for Arab leaders, despite the weak resolutions of their summit

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 The report of Mr. Jahangiri, the Minister of Industries [and Mines], on the state of industries in the past year and next year's plan and expressing concern

Before noon, I was reading for the Friday sermons. His sermon on Muharram and Imam Hussein (AS)

There was news in the American media that the delay in Zahir Shah's visit to Afghanistan was due to [George] Bush's warning

The Japanese ambassador came. He said, "Experts believe that since the beginning of the revolution, your opinion on important issues in Iran has been and is decisive and they expect it now."

I was at home all day. Time passed by studying, including the History of Islam and the topics of the Prophet's letters 

Today, Mohammad Zahir, the former king of Afghanistan, was scheduled to return to Kabul from Rome

I was at home until 3 p.m., studying. Effat also to participate in the annual mourning ceremony held by the Marashi family in Aliabad 

 Mass demonstrations in Arab countries against Israel and in support of the intifada

The Margins of the Dominant Ceremonies of the Month of Muharram over the Ancient Nowruz Narrated by Hashemi Rafsanjani and the Messages of the Beginning of the Year of Ayatollah Khamenei

Consultative meeting of Majid Ansari, Behzad Nabavi, Seyyed Ali Akbar Mohtashami, Esmaeil Jabbarzadeh, and Mohsen Safaei Farahani

The Invasion of Iraq Begins with George W. Bush's Speech According to Hashemi 

Seyyed Reza Sajjadi's report on the situation at the Natanz nuclear facility

Seyyed Hossein Marashi and Ali Hashemi report on the reaction of the parliament to the approval of the budget in this way in the Discernment Assembly

We went to the Islamic Propaganda Center. In the gathering of clerics and administrators of the province, Mr. Masoud Emami

Lashing on the Day of Ashura Despite Ayatollah Khamenei's Prohibition

At night, Mr. Emami Kashani [one of the jurists of the Guardian Council] called. informed that the Guardian Council, the competence of the

Participation in the Death Anniversary of Seyyed Ahmad Khomeini

Hashemi's account of the reformists' reaction to his Friday sermons

Turkmenistan President Safarmurat Niyazov meets with Hashemi

Sheikh Abbas Ali Alizadeh, the Head of the Judiciary of Tehran Province, reports on his arrest due to eavesdropping and perception that it is unrealistic 

Continuing to resolve the dispute between the parliament and the Guardian Council, along with Ayatollah Khamenei's reference not to borrow from abroad.

Sheikh Ebrahim Amini complains about the election of Seyyed Ahmad Khatami instead of Seyyed Hassan Taheri

Holding Friday Prayers and Listening to Javad Maghsoudi's Report on the Weaknesses and Complaints of Pilgrims

Participation in the Third Congress of Martyrs of District 17 and Speech at its Venue

 Ahmad Masjid Jamei's Complaints about the Action of the Society of Teachers and Sheikh Mohammad Yazdi about the Treatment of Published Books

Mohammad Javad Zarif's consultative meeting and Mahmoud Vaezi's proposal to participate in relevant regional seminars

Hashemi's account of the request for an arrest warrant from the judge in the AMIA bombing case in Argentina

Participation in the Assembly of Experts and Hosting them in the Expediency Council and Hashemi's Narrative of the Margins of the Pre-Order Speeches

Approval of other clauses of the general policies of the system in the telecommunications sector

Participation in the elections of the Islamic city and village councils and the people's disapproval of these elections and the non-participation of Ayatollah Khamenei in these elections

Attending Rafsanjan and participating in local ceremonies and returning to Tehran

Opening of the meeting of the officials of the Supreme Leader's representative in the IRGC and listening to the report of Sheikh Ali Saeedi
 

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The resolution proposed by the United States, Britain, and Spain to the Security Council on Iraq was explicitly opposed by Russia, Germany, and France

The meeting of Saeed Sohrabpour, Seyyed Reza Sajjadi and Serajeddin Kazerooni and a report on the development measures of Pardis Technology Park

Today, eight U.S. military planes entered Turkish military bases, and a group of U.S. military personnel are in Iraq

Ayatollah Khamenei complains about the inaction of the heads of the three branches to fight economic corruption

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani's Unofficial Visit to the Atomic Energy Facility in Isfahan

An unofficial visit to the Atomic Energy Organization's factory in Isfahan and listening to Gholamreza Aghazadeh's report

As I have repeatedly emphasized, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani's diaries are the most important document of the events of the power structure from the point of view of the most influential and political revolutionary figure.

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Fatemeh Hashemi Rafsanjani provided explanations about Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani's relationship 

Ayatollah Khomeini had stated in this announcement

In 1991, Akbar Hashemi, with Sadegh Najafizadeh, a well-known businessman, held a gathering with the participation of 600 Iranian investors and businessmen living abroad

When Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani sat down with a CNN correspondent in August 1995 to polish the relations between Iran and the United States

Sheikh Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani in a meeting with clerics in 2011

The first breaking of Mr. Hashemi's personality and insulting him started from the left wing

The reformists asked my father to put Mr. Montazeri under house arrest, but this happened during Mr. Khatami's tenure

 The military, security, and to some extent the judiciary are influencing politics too much

Hashemi said: "There are other manuscripts of him that are related to personal notes for the Supreme Leader. He has given these writings to the Supreme Leader, who must decide for himself which of these notes should be published.

 Fatemeh Hashemi announced at the inauguration ceremony of Hashemi Rafsanjani Hospital: "It is unfortunate that they did not allow Mr. Khatami to attend the ceremony."

On the 8th anniversary of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani's death and the unveiling of the Hashemi Rafsanjani Cancer Center

Sheikh Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani: In my personal opinion, Ayatollah Montazeri will be the successor of the Imam

 The factional and sometimes spiteful media of the government, especially the IRIB, should be the voice of the entire Iranian nation

Extensive changes in the interview with Sadegh Zibakalam and Hashemi's study of the indictment of national-religious defendants

Sheikh Mohammad Hassan Rahimian meets and expresses his happiness with Sheikh Mohammad Taqi Rahimian as the temporary Friday Imam of Isfahan

Consultative meeting of Dr. Reza Malekzadeh and Dr. Saeedi 

Mohammad Baqer Nobakht Haghighi's consultative meeting and a report from the Moderation and Development Party

Consultative meeting of Abdollah Jasbi for the formation of the party and the activities of the Azad University

A number of directors and trainers of the Ministry of Education criticize the merger of the Deputy Minister of Education

Sheikh Ali Akbar Nategh Nouri's Narration of the Case of Shahram Jazayeri Arab and the Case of the House of Islamic Hedayat

Mehdi Hashemi's Consultation for the Final Edition of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani's 1983 Diaries

Meeting with the directors of the Center for Quranic Culture and Education and listening to a report on their actions

Mohsen Hashemi's Consultation and Report on the Situation of the Tehran Metro

The meeting of Mohammad Ali Shari, the director of the sisters' seminaries, with the directors of Fatemieh University of Medical Sciences in Qom

The meeting of Abdolmajid Mozafari, the new chargé d'affaires of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Macedonia

The meeting of Mohammad Mehdi Abdokhodaei and Abbas Sarshar and the invitation of Hashemi to participate in the ceremony of the Safavid Navab

Hashemi's account of the margins of Seyyed Mohammad Khatami's speech at the University of Tehran

 There have been statements and pressures in the media and statements that have asked Mr. Khatami

I was in Kooshk's office. We also had a drizzle. I spent my time reading for the lectures of the programs of Qom, the conference for the promotion of religious culture, and bulletins and reports

Clashes between intelligence agents and the house of Ayatollah Seyyed Mohammad Shirazi over his burial

Mohammad Marashi and Hejri's report on the dam and tunnel of Gavmishan to transfer water to Qom

The complaints of Brigadier General Asadollah Nasih about the Judiciary for establishing the Information Protection Center of the Judiciary and the appointment of Elyas Mahmoudi.

Participation in the Eid al-Fitr congratulations ceremony of the Supreme Leader's office

Mohammadi Golpayegani thanks Hashemi for holding Friday prayers out of turn

I studied for the Friday sermons and went to the University of Tehran.

Hashemi's Narration of the Study of the Bulletins and the Work of Correcting the Indexes of the Tenth Volume of the Interpretation of the Guide

Meeting with Mohammad Javad Abolghasemi and report on cultural activities and publications.

With the late Mr. Hashemi Rafsanjani during the first term of the Parliament, then in the first government of reconstruction.

Meeting of the members of the Geography Association with Hashemi.

Consultative meeting of Mehdi Safari, the then ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Moscow

Hashemi's account of the disagreement among the heads of the branches of government in the meeting regarding the specific cases of that time.

"The current problems are real problems; we are under siege, we are under sanctions."

Ahmad Tavakkoli's reception, contrary to Darvish Najafabadi's complaints, for exposing this matter with the green light of the judiciary.

Mehdi Akbarzadeh's consultative meeting with the new team of the Ministry of Agricultural Jihad

Consultation with Abdullah Jasbi for the establishment of a party

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani's account of the beginning of objections, rejections, and criticisms of the decisions made by the Islamic Consultative Assembly (Parliament).

Review of the unfinished Iran-Slovenia shipping contract and raising the legal marriage age during

With the deadlock over the triple-urgency plan in the Sixth Parliament, midterm parliamentary elections were held in Golestan Province.

Hashemi's narrative on the ongoing controversies of the parliamentary election law amendment and his analysis of the behavior of reformists

Meeting with the family and personnel of the Bomb Disposal and Neutralization Team of the IRGC.
 

Masih Mohajeri's consultation on the situation in Afghanistan and events related to the judiciary and the Khorasan newspaper.

Iftar of the members of the cabinets of the construction government, advisors and their families hosted by Hashemi

Issa Kalantari's consultative visit to the development of the activities of the Farmer's House

Sheikh Hassan Sanei's proposal to support the Guardian Council in the electoral plan referred to the Assembly

Tehran's Friday Prayers Led by Hashemi

Sheikh Ahmad Jannati's Consultation on the Amendment of the Sixth-Emergency Plan of the Sixth Majlis

Advice of Seyyed Kazem Nurmfidi, the representative of the Supreme Leader and Friday Imam of Gorgan, in support of the approvals of the Sixth Majlis

Mohammad Ali Zam's visit and a report on his trial in the Special Court for the Clergy and the possibility of his dismissal from the Islamic Propagation Organization's art department

The meeting of Sheikh Mohiuddin Haeri Shirazi

Periodic meeting with the deputies of the Center for Strategic Research with the presence of Hassan Rouhani

Meeting with Jalal Namini, the new ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran on the eve of his mission to North Korea

The meeting of Sheikh Hossein and Mohsen Hashemian and the report of the transfer of water from Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari to Rafsanjan

Family Visits and Hashemi's Narrative of Football Games

Consultation and interview with a group of professors of Islamic studies in universities

A two-person meeting with Ayatollah Khamenei and the Ayatollah's account of his visit to Isfahan

The meeting of the board of directors of NAJA Housing Cooperative to resolve the dispute with the Municipality of Tehran

Meeting of Seyyed Mohammad Movahed, representative of Kohgiluyeh and other local officials

I conducted an interview about sourdough and explained its importance in nutritional hygiene and prevention of bread waste.

On his website, Mehdi Khazali wrote a letter from Palizdar from prison, in which he apologized to me for the slander and thanked me for not complaining.

After the pilgrimage, breakfast, and reading the news and reports, we went to visit the exhibition of Astan al-Quds.

Hashemi's account of the MEK's efforts to restrict Seyyed Mohammad Khatami's visit to the United States

Meeting of Syrian Minister of Information Adnan Omran
The meeting of Ahmad Khaleghnejad Tabari and Hamid Rezaei Ghaleh and a report on the plans and programs of the Health Services Insurance Organization

Meeting with the deputies of the Center for Strategic Research on the specific situation of Afghanistan

The meeting of the Expediency Assembly and the suspension of the budget of the anti-narcotics headquarters and the continued approval of the draft general security policies

Fragmentary narratives of Hashemi about the tension-generating international and regional space in 1380 on such a day.

Hashemi's narrative and analysis of the international and regional situation.

Gachsaran Governor Ali Moradi's visit and report on the development of this city.

Military consultative meeting of Amir Brigadier Ahmed Dadbin

Response of Seyyed Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, the acting head of the judiciary, to the constitutional warning of Seyyed Mohammad Khatami, the president.

The story of Seyyed Hossein Marashi's repeated summonses to the General Inspection Organization

Part Four, a Narrative of the Life and Times of Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani narrates in his 2001 July 30 newspaper:

The war between Ayatollah Khamenei and doctors Rouhani and Zarif

People do not distance themselves from elections without reason.

Sheikh Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani: 
It has been forty days since the memoirs of 1989 have been ready for publication, but they are not allowing us to publish it. They do not want the events of that year to reach the public.

Reading of Ayatollah Khomeini's announcement by Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani on Radio – February 22, 1979.

This is Majid Nouri's account of his meeting with one of the officials of the judiciary regarding Ayatollah Khamenei's demand for hijab.

I have read your tweet.

"Hardliners, with the covert support of the leadership, were obstructing the lifting of sanctions. The leadership had effectively tied the hands of the government (Rohani) by imposing unworkable conditions."

Referring to my previous note and, in fact, my question regarding the burial arrangements, without adhering to the formal judicial systems regarding Sheikh Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and without judgment or prejudice about it.

Fatemeh Hashemi Rafsanjani, the eldest daughter of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, discussed the last hours of her father's life and the investigations surrounding his death in an interview with Etemad newspaper.

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, in response to a question regarding the issue of house arrest, stated:

In the explanation of this video, "Rajaie" wrote:

  After Akbar Hashemi's diaries of 1379, which are published daily in Abdi Media with clearer references and introductions, the diaries of the sensitive year of 1380 are very important.
 
 

They were so serious, but now it has happened differently.

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani's meeting with Tehran University students 06/20/1391

The host cites "Hojjatoleslam Hashemi Rafsanjani, the Representative of the Imam in the Supreme Defense Council," stating:

Bayan Magazine, August 1990

That public seminar that was held in Hosseiniyeh Ershad in March 1990 did not reflect in Hashemi's memories of those days, but the things that happened in the following days are worthy of consideration.

He remembers the gathering of a large number of crows on the plane tree near his house, and of course he thoughtfully wrote: Didn't he understand what they were doing?

A part of the words of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani in 2011, which is published for the first time;  Both accurate prediction and deep knowledge of the hard core have power, and history repeats itself:......

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani's diary in the first edition of his daily newspaper, 1991 May 14, I present for your information.

They brought up free-thinking seats, but how much are these seats really a place of free-thinking?

It is enough for a stream not to like the words of a researcher!!

Big claims, inefficiency and chaotic conditions of the country

A footnote on the memoirs of Akbar Hashemi on April 20, 2000

Akbar Hashemi's memoirs on April 19

Footnote on the memoirs of Hashemi Rafsanjani, April 15, 2000

Hello and wishing you acceptance of prayers and a speedy recovery

و حال امروز گاز در برابر غذا 

Hashemi participated in the second round of the Sixth Parliamentary Elections but cast a blank vote.

In continuation of the saying "the year’s quality is evident from its spring" and the statements of Ayatollah Khamenei on April 1, 1999, the account by Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani on May 7, 1999, regarding Ayatollah Khamenei’s remarks against the Reformist government and withdrawing confidence from Seyyed Mohammad Khatami, is highly significant.

Pay attention to this part of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani's 2000 April 23 diaries:

They didn't call me a pocket of gold, they called Mr. Hashemi a pocket like a bank

Unseen footage of Hashemi Rafsanjani's old interview with media managers:

Kadivar also claimed in this article that Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani's diaries are being censored by his publisher or his family.

Hashemi Rafsanjani's statements about the events behind the curtain of the excuses made during the process of examining his qualification

Faizeh Hashemi, a political prisoner and daughter of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, said in a message from Evin prison to Mohseni Ajeei that she "commits" to continue her activities "if released".

The Islamic Republic of Iran newspaper wrote in a note: If the late Hashemi was alive, he would most likely be imprisoned!

Sepahi brothers should leave the responsibility of being Sepahi if they intend to work with a certain thought flow./ Information newspaper/ 1984 December 8

He made a good decision and communicated it, but only part of it was implemented.

At the age of 87, I am still waiting for news about the prisoner, just like when I was young, middle-aged and old, both before and after the revolution. It seems that this issue is related to me and I have to bear it.

Historic film of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani's meeting and important speech with the scholars of Qom Seminary

Date of speech: December 18, 2011