Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – December 19, 1992

With the long rest last night, my fatigue and boredom have decreased. I reached my office at half past eight in the morning. Part of the remaining work was done. The athletes came at half past nine. Dr. [Hasan] Ghafouri Fard, [Head of the Physical Education Organization] reported and I encouraged them. Awards were given to them. I returned their medals and cups that they gave me.

Mr. [Mortaza] Alweiri, [Secretary of the Supreme Council of Free Trade Zones] came. We talked about the issues of free zones and the budget of 1372. He is very happy about the stabilization of the exchange rate. Two of the wives of the employees of the Ministry of Energy, who went missing in the helicopter that went missing in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, appealed to find a trace of them; They still hope that their men are alive. With the possibility that they are in the hands of evildoers or somewhere else. They rely on rumors.

Mr. Masih Mohajeri, [the managing director of the Islamic Republic newspaper] came and applied for the printing house [of the Islamic Republic newspaper] and expressed his happiness about the good results of his trip to Qom. I did the work until the evening. Dr. [Mohammed Hossein] Adeli, [President of the Central Bank] came. Reported the trip to Germany and Switzerland. He thinks that he has been successful in Germany and soon German bankers will come to sign a contract. He wanted me to make a phone call to Mr. [Helmut] Kohl, Chancellor of [West Germany].

At night, the Supreme Council of National Security had a meeting. A decision was made about Afghanistan and hitting the bad guys.