Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – April 6, 1992

[Mr. Gholamreza Aghazadeh], the oil minister came. He gave a report on the situation of oil, gas and petrochemicals and expressed his hope that after the exploitation of Arak Petrochemicals, the income of Rials will reach such a level that they will no longer need Rials. A trip to the republics of Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan and the OPEC meeting were negotiated.

Mr. [Feridon] Ghasemi, the representative of Warzaghan and [Ali Karam] Mohammadian, the representative of Ilam, who have been disqualified, came to ask for help. Dr. [Ebrahim] Sanjaghi came and brought his doctoral thesis, which is about defense strategy. The Central Council of Literacy Movement came. They reported the new year program and promised help.

Mr. [Mohsen] Qaraati came and told about the prosperity of congregational prayers in schools and offices. In the afternoon, Efat, Mohsen and his children came. We had lunch together. In the evening, the Economic Council had a meeting. The policy of compiling the second five-year plan was in the order, but it was not completed.

Today Mahdi called from Australia and said that the hypocrites attacked the embassy and broke the glass. I told him to be careful. Today, most of the countries where the hypocrites attacked our embassies promised to follow up and apologized. Reports of massive casualties of the hypocrites have arrived, but they are vague.

Mr. Mir Mohammad Sadeghi, CEO of Shahid Company, came and gave a report on the company's performance. About one hundred and forty thousand children of martyrs are shareholders in this company. Now the nominal value of shares is three and a half billion tomans, but its real value is about fourteen billion tomans and the company's annual income and expenses are about thirty billion tomans.