Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – August 12, 1997

Mr. [Syed Mohammad] Khatami, [the president], gave the members of his cabinet to the parliament. The right wing considers the cabinet to be left, and serious opposition is likely to occur. Another armed conflict has occurred in Tajikistan, which, if continued, will render the previous peace ineffective.

The members of the Academy of Medical Sciences came. Dr. [Iraj] Fadel spoke and praised my services and the unprecedented construction of the country and asked me to help improve the cultural situation, and with Dr. Velayati, they presented me with a plaque of thanks for my action in establishing academies. I also talked about the remarkable progress of the medical sector in the training of personnel, health, medicine, hospitals, insurance, and the development of university spaces, the construction of medical equipment, the control of population growth, and the seriousness of herbal medicines and traditional medicine, and I wanted the academy to take action to deepen these achievements.

Messrs. [Hossein] Mahluji, [Syedmehdi] Yathrabi, [Ali] Shekarriz and [Mahmoud] Jamali came. They appreciated the valuable services provided to Kashan, especially the highways, the initiation of the water transfer project from Zayandeh River, and the restoration of cultural heritage, etc., and donated an exquisite carpet that weaves the image of the historical tableau, the composition of Iran's population. Mr. Jamali said about the problem of having a group of proposed ministers in the parliament. Faeze also came and said about the problem of having two or three ministers in the parliament.

In the afternoon, we flew to Ramsar to rest. There were also a number of relatives. The weather is hot, but pleasant. I used sea water.