Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – June 27, 1998

I reached my office as usual. Efat also returned from Mashhad and came to the office. He is satisfied with traveling by train and praised the cleanliness and good service of the train.

The Council of the Assembly [Determining Expediency] had a meeting. General internet usage policy was approved. Mr. Khatami, [President], informed me after the meeting that in the negotiation with Ayatollah Khamenei, he managed to get his consent for the possibility of a political maneuver regarding the statements of the American leaders regarding relations; Of course, by assuring the leader that he is not trying to establish a relationship.

In the evening, the families of the martyrs came on the 7th of Tir. Mr. [Ismail] Ferdowsipour, [head of the headquarters of commemoration of the martyrs of the 7th of Tir], gave a report on the programs of the ceremony and I also talked about the situation in 1360 and the factors of the 7th of Tir disaster and... Mohsen, [Head of the Office of the Expediency Discernment Council] came. We determined the plan to travel to the north and return to meet the Italian Prime Minister.

Mr. [Ali] Younisi, [Head of the Judicial Organization of the Armed Forces] came. He gave a report on the situation of the armed forces and the type of crimes and their material needs and suggested that the armed forces should be smaller and with the same budget, the situation of the forces should be improved, and he expressed his concern about the distance of some of the youth from the existing situation, and he spoke about the great damages of the Tehran Mayor's Court and the discrediting of the judicial system and the law of general courts, and he asked me to think about solving these problems, especially the judiciary.