Opinion ID: 4017397
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Khazaee–Jahedi Meeting

Text: In 2007, certain Alavi board members and President Jahedi met with Ambassador Khazaee at the Ambassador’s residence. The record does not indicate the purpose of the meeting, how it was arranged, or what, if any, action was taken as a result of the meeting. The Government nevertheless maintains that two sets of meeting notes support its contention that Khazaee instructed Jahedi with respect to the management of Alavi. The first set of notes, dated October 5, 2007, bears the heading “Board Meeting,” references “Khazaee” and “Jahedi,” and includes, inter alia, the following statements: “[s]hould only allocate to Shiites,” App’x 8720; “ASSA: Daily expenses? Payments? Investment policy?,” App’x 8711, 8721; “The composition of the Board of Trustees = Whatever I decide should be approved and it should not be otherwise,” App’x 8722; and “I have to definitely see the proposed allocations before a final decision is reached. I have to be kept informed and I have to be able to state my opinion in order for you to make a 27 decision,” App’x 8724 (emphasis in original). Although the authorship of these notes is unknown, the Government submits that their content supports an inference that they were taken by Alavi’s President Jahedi and that the speaker referenced therein is Khazaee. The second set of notes is from the journal of Alavi’s secretary, Alireza Ebrahimi (“Ebrahimi”) and references dates that do not match the purported October 2007 meeting: shortly after the heading “Mr. Alireza Ebrahimi’s Journal, Summer 2003” are three other dates, Friday, July 25, Sunday, July 27, and Sunday, August 10. App’x 7109. These notes contain stray statements that may indicate a desire to sell Bank Melli’s share in Assa. One statement reads, “Dr. Kharrazi → Assa share → Sell it,” App’x 7109, and another reads, “Mr. Zarif → Assa → Bank Melli 40% share → I cannot sleep at night → The issue of Board of Trustees will be solved, When? → Transfer,” App’x 7110.