Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – April 28, 2003

Mr. [Gholamreza] Aghazadeh, [Head of the Atomic Energy Organization] and Dr. [Jamshid] Sabbaghzadeh, [Head of the Center for Laser Science and Technology] came. They said that laser enrichment in the pilot scale, [= sample] was successful and reached 27% and explained the future plan. Mr. Aghazadeh complained that the leadership was not invited to the meeting on Wednesday and said that the condition for the continuation of the work is that with a plan, from the pressure of the United States.  And the International Agency [Atomic Energy] should be reduced;  By negotiation and bargaining. 
The officials of Kargar House and labor councils came. Mr. [Alireza] Mahjoub, [Secretary General of Kargar House] reported and complained about the indifference of the government and parliament to the needs of workers and said that, in the current era, the standard of living of workers has gone down and with the equalization of the exchange rate, there has been no thought for the wage earners and in the next two or three years, the negative effects of this policy will be expensive.  He thanked the construction government for the attention given to the workers by giving them shares in the factories and synchronizing the wages with inflation and giving labor allowances in the labor law.  I also gave an encouraging speech about the dignity and rights and roles of workers.   They sent letters to the Ministry of Energy regarding the problems of privatization.
The era of meat product producers' union came.  They complained about the pressures put on them by the parliament, the government, the judiciary and the radio and television;  Such as the unjustified noise of rotten meat which caused 100 billion Tomans in damage, because the production has reached one-fifth, and also the imposition of a 100% tariff on imported meat, as a support for domestic farmers, which causes the extraordinary price of meat products such as sausages, sausages, etc., for the food of the lower classes.
In Baghdad, a meeting of political groups was held with General [Jay] Garner, [Executive Chairman of the Provisional Coalition Government of Iraq], to review the formation of the government. Garner had a humble tone and those who did not participate in the Nasiriyah meeting, came here, but at the same time, a large number of people from Baghdad, Karbala, Najaf and Nasiriyah demonstrated against the continued occupation of their country. The European Commission once again called the Mujahideen [the People's Mojahedin Organization] terrorists, which will be a problem for America to cooperate with them.  do