Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – August 28, 1997

After morning prayer, at half past five, we went for mountain climbing. With a group of security guards, we moved towards Kolkchal from the side of Jamshidiyeh Park. On the way, we encountered a lot of people. They were treated warmly and lovingly. Some of them thanked me for making Iran prosperous, and some of them expressed their happiness that I had come to the mountain, that after all the hard work of twenty years, I have found such an opportunity, and some of them raised the problem of housing.

We stopped at Mohammad Agha coffee house and had tea with dates. He said, he has been here for thirty-five years. We went to the second coffee house. Then we had breakfast with the Guardsmen next to the headquarters of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Radio and Television and returned home by car through Imamzadeh Qasim Road. We arrived at eight in the morning. I plan to go every week.

I studied at home until the evening; More on the key of the Quran and the contract of Turkmen tea. Mohsen came in the afternoon. We decided to visit Alborz farm in Qom. I sent a message to Dr. Milani to arrange the examination of Mr. Ebrahim Amini, whose eye has recently developed hyperopia, and he asked me to help.

Asr Amirza Mohammad Taqi and Hossein Salari came. They told about the situation of Noq and Jalga and the unprecedented losses of the pistachio frost and the eye fatigue of Hamshireh Tahira. Fati called from Canada and is worried about the consequences of canceling the trip of American women.