Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – April 12, 1990

I reached my office at half past seven in the morning. I did not sleep after dawn; I was bored Until half past nine, the remaining work of yesterday was done. Mr. [Hossein] Mahluji came. gave the report of the trip to Italy; There was nothing new, except for the insistence of Mr. [Giulio] Andre Otti, the Prime Minister of Italy, for the freedom of the hostages and Italy's desire for my trip there.

Mr. [Syed Mohammad Hossein] Assar came. He relied on the members of the Hojjatiyah Association to relieve the pressure of advertising and work. The governors of Bakhtran [= Kermanshah], Kurdistan and West Azerbaijan came; They gave a report on the situation and requested for the facilitation of affairs and the notification of the resolution of the Supreme Security Council.

Mr. [Serajuddin] Kazaroni, [Minister of Housing and Urban Development] came. Regarding the plan to reform the structure of big cities, by consolidating small plots and building high-rise apartments, by encouraging the private sector, by giving more density to larger lands, and other issues of urban planning, as well as the issue of moving the country's capital from Tehran, he asked for an opinion.

In the evening Mr. [Mahdi] Karroubi, [Chairman of the Islamic Council] came. The country's issues were discussed. He apologized for not attending the banquet last night. The governor of Isfahan came. He gave the report of the province and asked for housing matters.

The chairmanship of the assembly of representatives of deprived areas came. They had suggestions for the by-laws for spending credits in deprived areas. The advisors [of the president] came. A decision was made regarding the quality of performing duties, information acquisition, work requirements, regulations and job descriptions; They were my guests at Iftar. I came home at night. I saw a fresh watermelon on the way; I said they bought it.