Memories of Akbar Hashemi - September 18, 2000 - Meeting with Gholamreza Manouchehri, the then-Deputy Minister of Energy, and Complaints About Seyyed Mohammad Khatami's Behavior

Meeting with Masih Mohajeri and His Account of His Sharp Pen as the Social Advisor to the Reformist President Against Relations with Egypt

The Bitterness of These Matters Becomes Clear When Reading Previous Daily Notes from Hashemi, Which Detail How Mohajeri's Efforts as the President's Advisor and the Director of the newspaper Jomhouri Eslami to Convince Ayatollah Khamenei to Censor the Press Were Quite Effective, Starting from 1999 and Continuing in Various Forms Until the End of This Year.

Meeting with Gholamreza Manouchehri, the then-Deputy Minister of Energy, and Complaints About Seyyed Mohammad Khatami's Behavior.

Report from Fatemeh Hashemi on the Side Issues of the Women's Rights Conference in Spain.

Full Text of the Daily Note:

Most of the time was spent studying bulletins. Mr. Masih Mohajeri [the President's advisor and director of the newspaper Jomhouri Eslami] came to discuss the presidential election, issues in the Qom seminary, and relations with Egypt. He mentioned that the newspaper writes harshly against Egypt.

In the afternoon, Mr. [Gholamreza] Manouchehri, the Deputy Minister of Water and Wastewater of the Ministry of Energy, came. He reported on the progress of projects that started during the Reconstruction period. No new projects have begun. He expressed that there are no major concerns regarding water in Tehran. He mentioned that Mr. [Seyyed Mohammad] Khatami does not pay appropriate attention to competent managers, citing as an example that during the inauguration ceremony of the water transfer project to Yazd—despite the project's significant importance—there was no acknowledgment of the responsible officials and managers, but special attention was given to a group of teenagers who performed a musical program, which upset the managers.

In the evening, I returned home, where Mehdi, Yaser, and Fati were also present. Fati mentioned that at the women's rights conference in Spain, many questions were raised following the speech, due to the extensive negative propaganda against Iran.