Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi - August 24, 2001 - Consultative Meeting with Sheikh Mostafa Pour Mohammadi

Consultative Meeting with Sheikh Mostafa Pour Mohammadi After His Release from the Ministry of Intelligence Regarding Acceptance of the Proposal for the Position of Representative of the Supreme Leader in the Islamic Azad University or the Islamic Propagation Organization

Meeting with Officials of the Committee for the Affairs of Freed Prisoners and Listening to the Report from Abbas Ali Vakeeli

Meeting with Behrouz Boushehri and a Report on the Activities of Free Trade Zones, Especially Qeshm

Full Text of the Daily Memo:

A group of managers from the [Committee for the Affairs of] Freed Prisoners, along with some freed prisoners, came to visit. Mr. [Abbas Ali] Vakeeli, [the head of the committee], gave a work report, and I spoke on the occasion of the anniversary of the beginning of the release of prisoners, explaining the existential impact of the martyrs on society and history. Mr. [Behrouz] Boushehri, [the former CEO of the Qeshm Free Zone], said that the management of the free trade zones, particularly Qeshm, is in a poor state.

In the afternoon, Mr. Mostafa Pour Mohammadi, [the former deputy of the Ministry of Intelligence], came and said he had been offered the position of representative of the leadership office at the Islamic Azad University; he sought advice. It was decided that I would review it and respond later. He also mentioned the possibility of taking over the Islamic Propagation Organization, as it seems Mr. [Mahmoud Mohammadi] Iraqi, [the head of the Islamic Propagation Organization], is expected to move to the [Islamic Culture and] Communications Organization. The wave of condemnation against Israel due to its occupation of Beit al-Sharq, [the official headquarters of the Palestinian Authority], and its entry into the Palestinian cities of the West Bank has reached its peak.