30 June 1999
From home, we went to the conference of the cultural section of the Ministry of Labor. Mr. [Hossein] Kamali, [Minister of Labor and Social Affairs], provided a report and gave a welcoming speech. I also spoke about the importance of the wor…
29 June 1999
Messrs. [Amir] Tehrani and [Ali] Baqeri, Deputy Ministers of Intelligence, arrived. They said that the statements made by Mr. [Mohammad] Niyazi, [head of the Judicial Organization of the Armed Forces], regarding the perpetrators of the [ser…
28 June 1999
Mr. [Mohammad] Gharazi, [member of the Tehran City Council], arrived. He presented examples of new revenue sources for the Tehran Municipality. He consulted [me] regarding running in the parliamentary elections and spoke about the necessity…
27 June 1999
Mr. [Issa] Kalantari, the Minister of Agriculture, arrived. He provided a report on the drought, the severe drop in water levels at the Sefidrud Dam, the serious threat to Gilan's rice fields, and the scorching of many rain-fed wheat crops.…
26 June 1999
Mr. [Pino] Arlacchi, UN Under-Secretary-General and head of the drug control division, arrived. He expressed appreciation for Iran's efforts in combating drug trafficking and for my specific role, and promised further assistance from the Un…
24 June 1999
At eleven o'clock, I went to the Kushk office. The time until five o'clock in the afternoon was spent doing work and reading. In the evening at home, Dr. [Ahad] Milani-Nia had brought an engineer to repair the blood pressure monitor.
24 June 1999
The United States has offered a five-million-dollar reward for information leading to the arrest of [Slobodan] Milošević, [the former President of Yugoslavia], and his associates as war criminals.
23 June 1999
Dr. [Alireza] Marandi, the former Minister of Health [and Medical Education], arrived. He is pleased about receiving the United Nations Population Award for population control in Iran during his tenure, and mentioned that the other nominee …
22 June 1999
Mr. [Seyed Ali Asghar] Mousavi, the proprietor of an export-oriented date packaging facility, came from Bushehr.He reported on his success in marketing and complained about the Agricultural Bank (Bank Keshavarzi) for refusing to grant a loa…
