Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – August 3, 1993

I reached my office at half past eight. To participate in the presidential inauguration ceremony to the leadership office

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we went Earlier, the heads of other forces were sent to the meeting, and when the meeting was ready, Ayatollah Khamenei and I entered.

The official ceremonies of the hymn and Quran, the report of the Minister of Interior, the reading of the text of the ruling by Ahmad Agha, the ruling by the leader, my speech, and finally the detailed speech of the leader and the end of the meeting; Overall, it was more organized than before.

I returned to my office. Mr. Natiq Nouri came for advice about the cabinet. The consumption model council had a meeting and we approved the rest of the proposals and the work of determining the model was finished in all cases. Mr. [Hossein] Irani, the representative of Qom, came. He emphasized on speeding up the construction of Panzeh Khordad Dam.

In the evening, the Minister of Culture of Morocco came and brought the letter of King Hassan II. The talks were about the development of cooperation between the two countries and more scientific communication to strengthen Shia and Sunni. He thanked Fati and his companions for their trip to Morocco. I also thanked them for their warm welcome.

Mr. [Syed Mohammad] Jahormi, the governor of Fars, came. Considering the opposition of many MPs to Mr. [Abdullah] Nouri's ministry, he suggested Mr. Fallahian for the Ministry of Interior. Mr. [Mohammedreza] Bahaner came. He talked about the cabinet and especially the Ministry of Commerce, Jihadism and the country.

The Supreme Administrative Council was supposed to have a meeting, but it was canceled due to the quorum problem. I spoke on the phone with Ayatollah Khamenei about the cabinet. I worked in my office until nine in the evening and came home.