Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – August 17, 1998

In the reports, the issue of Afghanistan and our prisoners there, the explosions in Africa and Ireland, and the developing Tutsi rebellion in the Congo against the new government, which overthrew the previous government in a similar rebellion with the support of the same Tutsis, are of interest.

Mr. [Ahmad] Janati, [Secretary of the Guardian Council], on the phone, raised the issue of requesting the leadership for the possibility of the participation of the heads of the three powers, legally in the Assembly of Experts. Until now, it was thought that they should not participate in the exams. The new idea is to not participate in the elections at all and to be a member of the Assembly of Experts with the permission of the leadership. I said that I should talk to the leadership again about this new idea.

They brought things from the office. Spending a lot of time reading the booklet "What does a Yazdi say?" I did It was written in response to Mr. Yazdi's sermon in support of the leadership and authority of leadership, and the author is a supporter of Ayatollah Montazeri. written rudely; It is an insult to the leadership and a great insult to Mr. Yazdi. Because he does not accept Imam's opinion about the necessity of authority and knowledge in leadership, the basis of his argument is broken.

I used the pool in the evening. I was alone at lunch. At night, Yasir and the children brought dinner. We negotiated with Yasir about the publication of his memoirs [1360] and the use of a horse donated by Turkmenistan for the birth of superior gene horses. The questioning of the President of the United States in the White House about the illicit relationship with [Monica] Lewinsky is one of the most important issues in the world, as well as the beginning of the trial of Bosnian war criminals in The Hague.