Memories of Akbar Hashemi - February 6, 2001 - Noteworthy Reports from Sheikh Abbas Ali Alizadeh, the then Head of the Judiciary of Tehran Province, on the Behaviors of Ezzatollah Sahabi and Ali Afshari during Their Imprisonment

Meeting with the Algerian ambassador in Tehran and political consultations and reports

Report from Eshaq Jahangiri on his meeting with Ayatollah Khamenei on the eve of the merger of the Ministry of Mines and Metals with the Ministry of Industries

Noteworthy reports from Sheikh Abbas Ali Alizadeh, the then Head of the Judiciary of Tehran Province, regarding the behaviors of Ezzatollah Sahabi and Ali Afshari while in prison and the trial of Seyyed Mustafa Tajzadeh, along with criticisms of the lack of cooperation from Sheikh Hadi Moraveji, the then First Deputy of the Judiciary, and Sheikh Ali Mobashiri, the then Head of the Islamic Revolutionary Courts of Tehran, and the arrests of people in AS-P buildings under the pretext of a gathering for entertainment.

An interesting meeting with Sheikh Hossein Ansari Rad, the then active head of the Constitutional Law Commission, which, according to Hashemi, involved threats and inducements.

Report from Sheikh Qodrat Ali Khani about the controversies in the Sixth Majlis and the conflicts between Sheikh Mehdi Karroubi and Mohammad Reza Khatami at Seyyed Nasser Qavami's home.

Meeting with Ali Larijani and new proposals for the Expediency Council regarding the disputes between the Majlis and the Guardian Council concerning the national budget, which was sent to the Council for the first time.

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Mr. Abd al-Qadir Hajjaz, the Algerian ambassador, came. In response to my question about the current situation and future predictions regarding the causes of violent incidents, he spoke for about an hour, sharing the historical context of the liberation struggle and Islamic contributions of the Algerian Liberation Front and criticizing the actions of the Islamic Movement parties, particularly Messrs. Abbas Madani and Ali Belhadj, the president and vice president of the Islamic Salvation Front.

Mr. Eshaq Jahangiri, the Minister of Industries and Mines, came. He reported on the plan to merge the two ministries (the Ministry of Mines and Metals with the Ministry of Industries) and shared his meeting with the leadership, requesting assistance in creating a secure environment for investment and encouraging it.

In the afternoon, Mr. Abbas Ali Alizadeh, the head of the Tehran Judiciary, came. He mentioned that Mr. Ezzatollah Sahabi, a national-religious activist, and Ali Afshari, the political secretary of the Office for Consolidation of Unity, were ready to acknowledge their mistakes and have written a letter. He also discussed the trial of Mr. Mustafa Tajzadeh, the deputy minister of the interior, and criticized Mr. Hadi Moraveji, the first deputy of the judiciary, and Ali Mobashiri, the head of the Revolutionary Court, stating that Afshari accepted that during the Koo University incident, a pickup truck with Molotov cocktails was sent from the Ministry of Interior to Koo University. He reported the mass arrests from the AS-P building and mentioned a detailed meeting with Mr. Hossein Ansari Rad, the head of the Constitutional Law Commission, which involved some form of inducement and threat.

Mr. Sheikh Qodrat Ali Khani, the representative from Qazvin, came. He reported on the disputes among the reformists in the Majlis and the conflicts between Mr. Karroubi, the Speaker of the Majlis, Mohammad Reza Khatami, the Vice-Speaker, and Ali Akbar Mohtashami at the home of Mr. Nasser Qavami, the head of the Judicial and Legal Commission. He noted that during the week Mr. Karroubi was traveling, the Majlis was in disarray, and the Imam's Line factions wanted to prove that Messrs. Behzad Nabavi and Mohammad Reza Khatami, the deputies, could not manage the Majlis. He mentioned that if the right-wing had collaborated with them, they could have disrupted the Majlis multiple times, but they did not cooperate. Mr. Ali Larijani, the head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting Organization, came and presented new proposals for the Expediency Council regarding the budget issues.