Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – April 6, 1997

On the way to the office, we visited the Saad Abad residence and the place of radio and television conferences and the large hall of the Ministry of Interior to decide on the venue for the summit of the Islamic countries. Each one has an advantage. It was decided that tomorrow we will have a meeting to choose.

Exemplary people came from all over the country. Dr. [Alireza] Marandi, [Minister of Health, Treatment and Medical Education] reported and we gave awards to seven outstanding examples. Then I talked about the importance of health and health houses and paying attention to villages. [Mr. Ali Danesh Monfared], the governor of Central Province, came. He reported on his success and the orderly situation of the province and insisted that I travel there.

Akhvi Mohammad, [executive deputy of the president] came. gave the report of his trip to Saudi Arabia for Umrah; He was their guest. They talked about the [presidential] elections. According to the content of the statement of the [construction] agents, Mr. [Syed Mohammad] Khatami is criticized for his approval, who has been praised a lot and who also talked about the division of currencies and other issues.

Mr. [Hamid] Mirzadeh, [Head of the Program and Budget Organization] came. He brought a report about the plan to train specialized and young forces in demand for university education, which is more than the country's needs, as well as the plan to control many government buildings.

In the evening [Mr. Mohammad Faruzandeh], the Minister of Defense and the deputies came. They asked for an opinion on the purchase of sensitive needs from Russia and demanded that we entrust the construction of jet aircraft to the Ministry of Defense. The Ministry of Industry insists that we give them. In the meeting of the government board, we had several resolutions; including determining the salaries of senior managers and determining the salary coefficient of government employees and university professors.

I was the guest of the leader. We talked about his trips and I during Eid and my trip to Saudi Arabia for Hajj; We have not reached the opinion of a unit that is not perfect for now. We talked about the issue of Saudi Arabia's claim about the presence of one of the defendants of the Al-Khobar explosion in Iran and the possible reaction of the US, as well as the issues of elections and the expediency assessment forum and the secretary of the forum, which was decided to be Dr. [Hassan] Habibi. I arrived home late.