Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – June 23, 1998

[Today was a holiday on the occasion of the death anniversary of the Holy Prophet (PBUH).] I was at home. I completed the introduction of my memoir [= passing through crisis] and gave it to Mohsen. Mohsen gave the process of his negotiations with the judiciary regarding the case of Mr. [Gholamohsin] Karbaschi, [mayor of Tehran]. He warned that they should try not to bring up cases that cause the system to be weakened and make false accusations against the country's personalities. Because raising the ego causes abuse by the enemies and they don't wait for the results of the court to be clarified.

In the evening Mr. Khatami, the president came. We sat in the yard and had long discussions on important issues. He is dissatisfied with the strictness of the leadership regarding America and says that they have closed the maneuver field and complains about the leadership's lack of support for the country's minister. He had asked them to help and prevent their fall, but the leadership said that they would remain neutral, and he also complained about Mr. [Abdullah] Nouri, who did not behave well in front of the leadership and made a condition to accept the responsibility of the police force, and he is very upset with the leadership office. He thinks that they are not ineffective in the cases of attacks carried out by Juma imams and others in relation to the second issue of Khorhad, and he is extremely dissatisfied with the IRGC and the [Ministry of] Intelligence and considers them to be complicit in the pressures. The replacement of Mr. Noori in the Ministry of Interior was also discussed.