Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani's Diary - June 16, 1999 Continuation of the repercussions of the claims of the escaped prisoner using the alias Behbahani in Turkey.

Continuation of the repercussions of the claims of the escaped prisoner using the alias Behbahani in Turkey.

A meeting with Ahad Mohammadi, the then-managing director of the Islamic Republic Shipping Company, and a report on the status of the company.

A meeting with Habibollah Borbor and his companion, Amini, and a report on the Jihad of school construction and school renovation.

Complaints from Major General Ahmad Dadbin about the situation of the former Army command during the time of Lieutenant General Ali Shahbazi and Major General Mostafa Tarabi-Pour and criticism of the appointment of Lieutenant General Mohammad Salehi as the Commander-in-Chief of the Army of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

A meeting with Ali Larijani and a report of the messages of the religious authorities to Seyed Mohammad Khatami and Sheikh Mehdi Karroubi to prevent the membership of Jalal Jalalizadeh in the presiding board of the 6th Parliament (the names of the aforementioned religious authorities were censored in the final publication of Akbar Hashemi's diary; Mr. Vahid Khorassani, Makarem Shirazi, Safi Golpaygani, and Mirza Javad Tabriz were censored, but it was mentioned in the Akbar Hashemi House Museum channel).

A meeting with Habibollah Beit-Ollah and Rasoul Zargar and a report on the actions of the Ministry of Energy.

Continuation of the repercussions of the claims of the escaped prisoner using the alias Behbahani in Turkey.

Mr. [Ahad] Mohammadi, the managing director of the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Company, came. He gave a report on the status of the company; with 120 ships and 7,000 personnel and a 10% profit. He spoke about the management difficulties in the current situation, that after the trial of Mr. [Gholamhossein] Karbaschi, [the former mayor of Tehran], the managers have become cautious, and some of the necessary work is being left undone due to caution, and foreign competitors are getting ahead. He requested action to restore the courage to act to managers; similar to the time of construction. He said that in a meeting in Norway, the managers of Norwegian companies were expressing surprise at your recent Friday sermon and found it important.


Engineer [Habibollah] Borbor, the deputy for school construction in the Ministry of Education, came with Engineer Amini. They gave a report on the status of schools in the country and the shortage of 200,000 classrooms and the growth of school construction by charitable individuals and requested that I inaugurate their annual conference. They said that your encouragement of women for school construction has led to a significant increase in school builders and spoke about the impact of my suggestion and the production of the film "Javid" to encourage charitable individuals.

Major General [Ahmad] Dadbin, the former commander of the Army Ground Forces, came. He criticized the command style of Major General [Ali] Shahbazi, [head of the military advisors group of the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces], and Major General [Mostafa] Tarabi, [chief of staff of the joint chiefs of staff], and is not happy with the appointment of Major General [Mohammad] Salehi, [commander-in-chief of the army].

In the afternoon, Mr. [Ali] Larijani, [head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting], came and said that the religious scholars of Qom, including Mr. [Hossein] Vahid [Khorassani], [Naser] Makarem [Shirazi], [Lotfollah] Safi [Golpaygani], and Mirza Javad Agha Tabriz, have sent a message to Mr. [Seyed Mohammad] Khatami, [President], and Mr. [Mehdi] Karroubi, [Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly], that if they put a Sunni person in the presiding board of the parliament, they will issue a statement against it and will fight against it and declare the parliament's resolutions invalid. He expressed concern about the slowness of the judiciary in pursuing suspicious individuals and said that your

resignation from the parliament has discouraged many and also pleased the Second of Khordad supporters.


Mr. [Habibollah Beit-Ollah], the Minister of Energy, and his deputy, Engineer [Rasoul] Zargar, came. They gave a report on the progress of the construction of dams and power plants and a complete report on the status of transferring water from the Sirvan basin to the Karkheh basin and the Zahab plain; it is an important project that has been started with special funds since my time in office.


In the world media, the statements of an escaped individual who has introduced himself as Ahmad Behbahani have received widespread coverage against Iran, and the Ministry of Intelligence has announced that there is no one by that name in the Ministry of Intelligence; he has said that he was one of the intelligence managers.