Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – April 1, 1990

It rained well last night and today. I went to my office at half past eight in the morning. Today [on the occasion of Islamic Republic Day] is an official holiday. Mr. [Ali Mohammad] Basharti, [Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs] came from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and brought fifty thousand dollars as a gift for reconstruction programs; One of the sheikhs of the south of the Persian Gulf, who came to Iran at his invitation, gave a Benz car as a gift, which he sold and gave the money to rebuild. He complained about the Ministry of Information because of extravagance in embassies and missions. Asked about foreign policy.

An intelligence officer came; He is one of the special officers of the Ministry of Information. He complained to the Ministry of Information for isolating Mr. Montazeri's supporters in the information department. Mr. [Gholam Ali] Haddad Adel came. He expressed his satisfaction with the current management of the Ministry of Education and Culture and had suggestions in cultural, political, economic and educational affairs and appealed for the preparation of a center for elite students who shine in mathematics and physics Olympiads, in order to encourage students of basic sciences.

[Mr. Alfred Enzo] the secretary general of the South African National Congress came. He told about the situation in South Africa and the program of campaigns, goals and conditions and asked for financial needs. I asked for an explanation, which he answered. I invited Mr. Nelson Mandela.

In the evening, Mr. Hashemi Golpaygani, [Secretary of the Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution] came for the agenda of the council. Fati, Iftar and his children had lunch in my office, Efat and Farrokh [Marashi, his brother's wife] went to Qom for pilgrimage. Mehdi and Yaser ate iftar with the house guards.

I was a guest of Ayatollah Khamenei at Iftar. We had a negotiation until nine o'clock at night. Opposition programs on radio and television were criticized; We decided to follow up for correction. We talked about the judiciary and the dispute between Mr. [Mohammed Mohammadi] Ray Shahri, [the country's attorney general] and Mr. [Mohammed] Yazdi, [head of the judiciary]. They said about the trip to Mashhad. It was agreed about the strike action for literacy. We talked about the plan of the Ministry of Defense to build helicopters with the Pakistani company. I came home at night. It is raining heavily. This year has been good so far.