Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – August 2, 1998

Yesterday, the court closed the Tos newspaper and the managers of the Jamia newspaper published a third newspaper called "Aftab Imoraz" and today Tos was released. [Mr. Behrouz Kamalundi], our new ambassador in Zimbabwe arrived. He praised the constructive government and criticized the policy of developing relations with Africa and the lack of attention of the new government to Africa. [Mr. Ibrahim Khalil Ovic], the new ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Iran arrived. He knows Arabic well; He was an Arabic teacher. He appreciated Iran's aid to Bosnia during the war and called for greater economic presence of Iran in Bosnia and said that Bosnian people have become interested in immigrating to America and Christians are helping to immigrate. Regarding Kosovo, he said, we want autonomy and not independence like what the Serbs got in Bosnia; Similar to the Western theory. I said, after the war, we wanted to have a greater presence in the reconstruction of Bosnia, because the Americans were against it and the Bosnian government needs America, so they did not give us a chance.

Mr. [Bijan Namdar] Zanganeh, [Oil Minister] came. He gave a report on the plans for the tender, which is well received, and said that the oil export will decrease by about 300 thousand barrels from this month.

have done He announced that the problem of the case they had filed against the Ministry of Energy regarding the transfer of a company to the private sector was resolved after the leadership's inspection opinion and the leadership's positive opinion, and they also told the newspapers to compensate.

Zohar Mohsen, [the head of the office of the Expediency Assessment Council] came. They talked about the Karbaschi issue and office management issues. He brought a book compiled by Mr. Hamed Marashi for the family of "Haj Hashem", Jadman. In the evening Dr. [Hasan] Rouhani, [Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council] came. We talked about the country's political, economic and administrative problems, the weakening of the leadership base and the authority of the jurist, the formation of the Esteghlal Party, the issue of newspapers and Mr. Karbaschi, the leadership fatigue, the [Assembly] Research Center, and the [Assembly] Secretariat, and the issue of Mohsen Rezaei's son, and the militant clerical community, and the elections of the Assembly of Experts.

I came home Mahdi, Farishte, Faeza and the children came. They brought dinner. Faze consulted about the contents of his newspaper. In the news, the advance of the Taliban in the north of Afghanistan and the announcement of the economic organization program by Mr. Khatami, which is nothing new, are of interest. The news of King Fahd being admitted to the hospital and the recitation of the Koran on Saudi Arabia TV at the same time attracted attention and the possibility of [the king's] death has been raised.