Memories of Akbar Hashemi - June 10, 2002

Mohsen [CEO of the Metro Company] talked about the problems of line one of the metro at the Imam Khomeini and Mosalla stations in Tehran and explained the costs and revenues of the Revolution's Cultural Publishing Office, which is about 40 million tomans in debt.Foreign media are still focusing on Mr. Khatami's return from reformist ideals.

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I was at home. Most of the time was spent reviewing the revised draft of the memoirs from the years 1979 and 1980 [The Revolution in Crisis]; Mr. [Abbas] Bashiri is preparing it. The kids were gathered. Mohsen, [the chairman of the board and CEO of the metro company], talked about the issues of line one of the metro at Imam Khomeini and Mosalla stations in Tehran and explained the expenses and revenues of the Islamic Revolution Publishing House, which is about 40 million Tomans in debt.

Mahdi, the CEO of the Fuel Consumption Optimization Organization, said that Turkey has stopped receiving gas for a few days and that the Ministry of Oil is negligent. He mentioned that the Russian-Turkish gas pipeline is being rapidly constructed underwater through the Black Sea. He believes that Pakistan does not need imported gas and that the discussion of the contract for the construction of a gas pipeline from Turkmenistan to Pakistan through Afghanistan is a show. A few years ago, on the sidelines of the ECO summit in Turkmenistan, the leaders of the three countries signed a memorandum of understanding with China, which did not come to fruition; just as we and Turkey and Turkmenistan signed a trilateral agreement that also did not materialize. Foreign media are still focusing on Mr. [Mohammad] Khatami's return to the reformist ideals.

The Iraqi youth television has been broadcasting reports about Imam Mahdi, Samarra, the well of his occultation, and his appearance for several days now.

It has been announced that today [Vladimir] Putin, [President of Russia], survived an assassination attempt. It is reported that the driver of a car that entered the main street from a side street intended to hit the car carrying Putin, but collided with a police vehicle and was killed.

It was announced in Algeria that the National Liberation Front party won the elections; although about 47 percent of eligible voters participated in the elections. In the [Kabyle, Berber ethnic minority] region, only three percent participated. Reports have emerged that Libya is willing to pay 2.5 billion dollars in compensation for the Lockerbie plane crash on the condition that sanctions are lifted.

It has been reported that Mr. [Gulbuddin] Hekmatyar, the leader of the Islamic Party in Afghanistan, has declared jihad against foreign military forces.

The Japanese have announced that by discontinuing the use of freon gas in refrigerators, the ozone layer has been strengthened and the created hole will be closed in a few years.