Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – December 10, 1990

I reached my office at half past eight in the morning. They informed that the parliament has held a private meeting due to the Guardian Council's theory regarding the opposition to the foreign currency budget and considering it against Sharia and the constitution to reduce the credit of Sedav-Sima. It turned out that they have decided not to review the budget without the foreign exchange section and said that since the Guardian Council did not comment within the legal deadline, they have notified the government of the amendment to the budget. I told them to tell them that the government has given budgets with and without currency; The issue is between the Majlis and the Guardian Council.

[Mr. Gholamreza Aghazadeh], the oil minister came. He expressed his happiness about the process of economic prosperity and the implementation of economic policies and suggested planning for the upcoming parliamentary elections. He is going to the OPEC meeting. It was decided to introduce Mr. [Ali] Shams Ardakani and Mr. [Hossein] Kazempour [Ardebili] to the Secretary General of OPEC. He brought a list of oil industries that can be handed over to the private sector.

Together with the members of the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution, we went to meet the leadership on the occasion of the council's anniversary. The leader and I talked. The leadership consulted me to participate in the Nadaja maneuver [= army navy]; I agreed.

I returned to my office. Mr. [Mortaza] Al-Vairi, [Chairman of the Program and Budget Commission] came. He expressed concern about the new dispute between the Majlis and the Guardian Council and appealed to resolve it; I told them not to express too much sensitivity, so that action can be taken to solve it.

At half past three, we went to Mehrabad Airport to welcome the President of Sudan. Mr. Omar Hassan al-Bashir came to Iran with several ministers and a large delegation. The official welcome ceremony was held and after a short interview, we left for Saad Abad residence. in

Raha Qadi explained about the rebellion in South Sudan; It seems that they have a big problem. He said that the rebels have about 50,000 armed forces, with financial support and weapons from the West and the Arab reaction. They have captured several cities and large areas and have a base in Ethiopia. I stayed at the residence for a while and came to my office. I did the work. Because of my absence, the Economic Council ended the meeting without making a decision.

At seven o'clock in the afternoon, we went to the palace of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for dinner. The Sudanese also came. I asked about Chad's recent issues. They said that with the support of Libya and Sudan, the rebels have grown. The transfer of Libyan prisoners is also because these prisoners have already joined Hassan Habre and were among the Libyan opponents, and they must have gone with the French and Americans.

I gave a speech at dinner. I asked many questions about the economic, military and cultural situation of Sudan, and it turned out that they are in a bad situation in every way and they have high expectations from us. I went to my office at nine o'clock at night.