Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – February 28, 1999

Mr. [Amir] Tehrani, Deputy Minister of Information came. He brought special bulletins and gave a report on the process of Mr. [Ali] Younisi's election and the case of murders. Mr. Javed [Qorban Oghli], our new ambassador to South Africa, came and said, the effect of my trip to South Africa and the arrival of Mr. [Nelson] Mandela at the airport to welcome him has strengthened Iran's position there, and in general, Africans consider you to support the development of relations. He wants to pay more attention to economic exchanges.

Mr. [Mohammed] Sharifi [Khorasani], who we used to debate in Qom when we were studying, came. In Bandar Anzali, there is an imam of the congregation. Formerly a teacher, retired. His son was convicted, he appealed.

In the evening, Mr. Dr. [Mohammed Reza] Takhshid, the head of the Faculty of Law [Tehran University] and the members of the Board of Directors came. In order to fulfill the promise I had made before to teach there, they followed up and asked for help due to the lack of credits.

I was the guest of the leader. Regarding the case that Mr. [Gholamohsin] Mohseni [Ajei, the head of the special clergy court] had discussed last night, as well as the experts' meeting and council elections were discussed. I went to Akhtar Hospital to fix my teeth. In the internal reports, the results of the elections and the arrest of Mr. Sheikh Mohsen Kadivar are of interest. In foreign reports, the rejection of the US deadline by Libya and the escalation of clashes between Israel and the Lebanese resistance, after the recapture of Orton village by the youth and the killing of several Israeli officers, as well as the free elections in Nigeria after 15 years of military rule, although a former general has the most votes in these elections, and the pressure of the United States for human rights in China are of interest.