At the Leader’s Office, there was a consultative meeting on nuclear issues. He agreed that, under certain conditions, the protocol could be signed and effectively implemented, but he opposed suspending enrichment activities, which is what the International Atomic Energy Agency and Europe, the United States, and Russia are seeking. Messrs. Rouhani, Kharrazi, and Khatami called for a temporary suspension. Dr. Rouhani was proposed to travel to Europe for negotiations, but my view is that someone should come from there and negotiations should be held in Iran.
[Officials of] the organizing committee of the [Third] World Congress of Ahl al-Bayt came to explain the programs and request a speech. We talked about Martyr [Seyyed Mohammad-Baqer] Hakim and Iraq; because he had been a member of the central council of the [World] Ahl al-Bayt Assembly.
Mr. Taha Hashemi, [managing director of Entekhab newspaper], came. He complained about the restrictions and the Leader's Office's treatment of the management of Entekhab newspaper and said he intended to resign and asked for an explanation regarding the fatwa council plan that I recently mentioned in a speech in Mashhad.
Mr. Reza Hashemian came. He requested that I tell [Mr. Eshaq Jahangiri], the Minister of Industries, to have the [Pistachio Exporters'] Cooperative of Rafsanjan open an L/C for Iran Khodro as in the past, and complained about Mr. Hossein Marashi, [representative of Kerman], who had opened a new pistachio company in Kerman in competition with the cooperative; because they consider their mission to be providing pistachios at a suitable price in the interests of farmers and buy pistachios at their real price at harvest time, they need a loan.
Mr. [Seyyed Reza] Taqavi, chairman of the Policy Council of Friday Prayer Leaders, came. He presented a report on the state of Friday prayers and the services the council has provided to Friday prayer leaders and Friday prayers and requested that I give a speech at the Friday Prayer Leaders' Congress and said, your sermons provide suitable training for Friday prayer leaders.
In the afternoon, at the Leader's Office, there was a consultative meeting on nuclear issues. He agreed that, with conditions, the protocol should be signed and effectively implemented, but opposed suspending enrichment activities, which is what the [International Atomic Energy Agency] and Europe and America and Russia are seeking. Messrs. [Hassan] Rouhani, [Kamal] Kharrazi and [Seyyed Mohammad] Khatami called for a temporary suspension. Dr. Rouhani was proposed to travel to Europe for negotiations, but my view is that someone should come from there and negotiations should be held in Iran.
An eight-magnitude earthquake has occurred in western Siberia. Clashes continue in Palestine, and clashes in Iraq and Afghanistan are also increasing. [Tony] Blair, [the British prime minister], defended the policy of intervention in the Iraq war at the Labour Party conference, but his rivals in the party have harshly criticized him and say he has his head buried in the snow and does not see the realities. In Argentina, the intelligence chief has admitted in court that he bribed Witness C [C] to testify against Iran.
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