Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – April 18, 1991

At seven o'clock in the morning, we went to the army barracks and I participated in the morning ceremony of the armed forces and gave a short speech on the occasion of the Army Day. We saw part of the parade. From there, we went to the opening of the new broadcasting center in one of the clear heights of the city. The largest program production studio in the country was built with the efforts of domestic experts.

We went to the telecommunication factories. [Minister of Posts, Telegraphs and Telephones] explained engineer [Mohammed] Gharehi. We visited several telephone manufacturing halls and telecommunication centers; It is interesting. I spoke briefly to the staff. Men and women were very spirited and enthusiastic.

We went to visit the electronics center of military industries. The industrial town was designed and started to be implemented before the revolution and was abandoned after the revolution. Part of it is completed and most of it is abandoned; It is an important center. From several halls

We visited Optimizing Oerlikon cannons radars, operating A.P.S.F. radars, making cameras, making parts, assembling wireless and telephones, and other appointments, etc. are done. I gave a short speech to the staff. We had lunch and returned to the governorate.

At 4:30 in the afternoon, we had a meeting with the representatives of the province. They made demands. We went to Shahcheragh to give a speech to the people. It was a huge and unprecedented gathering. We visited the shrine of Hazrat Ahmed bin Musa (pbuh). [Ayatollah Mohi al-Dini Hairi Shirazi], the imam of Jumu'ah said Khair Moghaddam and I spoke briefly. I cut the conversation short because of the crowd.

From there, I moved to the veterans headquarters. In the streets, people expressed warm and passionate feelings, which according to the companions, is unprecedented in Shiraz. The representative of the veterans told the needs and I gave a condolence speech. We went to Imam Juma's office in Shiraz. We had a meeting with the province's Friday imams. They made demands. I gave a speech to the clergy of the province. We had dinner and came to the headquarters and slept; I was very tired.

Between Maghrib and Isha prayers, an earthquake with a magnitude of 3.5 on the Richter scale shook Shiraz. We prayed the Isha prayer in the courtyard of the governorate.