Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – April 24, 1990

[Mr. Hamid Haji Abdul Wahab], the governor of Kurdistan came. gave a report on the state of the province; He complained about the controversial positions of some MPs and Veli Faqih. He had brought a large number of demand letters for various facilities. Mr. [Mohsen] came accordingly. He had suggestions to improve the situation; including creating more security and freedom and strengthening the country's management and monetary reform.

Mr. [Hossein] Mahloji, [Minister of Mines and Metals] and [Ali] Shams Ardakani, [Chairman of the Qeshm Free Zone] came and reported the negotiations with Mr. Mehdi Tajer for the development of Qeshm Island and the purchase of oil; I told [Mr. Gholamreza Aghazadeh] Minister of Oil to negotiate for the sale of oil. Mr. [Mohammed] Saidi Kia, [Minister of Roads and Transportation] and [Hasan] Shafti, [CEO of Homa Airlines] came; They talked about buying an airplane. Boeing, Airbus and Fokker planes are mentioned. Fokker is easier to buy, but Boeing and Airbus are better; Of course, it is still not clear whether these can be bought or not. They decided to wait a little while to find out.

In the evening Mr. Sheikh Hassan Ebrahimi came and gave a report on the situation of foreign students in Qom. There are about three thousand people. He asked for help for development and work; I accepted The members of the seven-member land assignment board came; They reported the work and complained about the lack of cooperation of the Ministry of Agriculture.

Iftar, the members of the Expediency Discernment Assembly came. We had a meeting at night. Mr. [Mortaza] Moqtadaei, [Chairman of the Supreme Court] and [Mohammed Mohammadi] Ray Shahri, [Attorney General of the country] raised the doubt they had in the resolution of punishment for drug traffickers; Finally, the previous resolution was approved. Several articles of the labor law were also approved. I arrived home late.