Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – April 2, 1998

Mohsen came. We went to visit the subway together; Chastity was also with us. We entered the tunnels from Mirdamad station by car and saw most of the tunnels of line 1, 2 and 4. We got off at some of the stations and heard explanations. There is a lot of work left. Some parts of the tunnels are unfinished. Most of the stations are unfinished and the joinery work has not been done, the access roads of many stations have not been built, the repair station and the train terminal and the necessary parking lots have not been built. The amount that has been considered for completion is not enough and it is unlikely that they will be able to meet the needs this year, but delay is not advisable either.

In the afternoon Efat and Mohsen went to Zibadasht Karaj and I stayed at home. Until the night, I read and revised part of the memoirs of the year 1360 [= passing through the crisis]. In the reports, [Mr. Federico Mayor], Director General of UNESCO, apologizes to Mr. [Attaullah] Mohajerani, [Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance], for attacking him two days in a row at the Swedish Summit and throwing an egg that hit him on the head and face.