Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – December 27, 1989

At seven in the morning, the Minister of the Interior and the CEO of the Metro, Mr. [Abdullah] Nouri and [Asghar] Ebrahimi came. We went to visit the subway. At the Qorkhaneh workshop [Imam Khomeini Square, Tehran], we visited how the digging machine works in the automatic construction of the "Zukor" subway tunnel; It is interesting. have mastered its work. They have reached near Mokhbar al-Doula Square. I visited the workshop near Jang University, the Iranian-Austrian style excavation and the trench and open workshops in the west of Tehran. I heard the explanation in the office of the workshop. According to Mr. Ebrahimi, the sale of the goodwill of the 45-meter important construction street project can cover an important part of the [subway construction] expenses. Then I did a television interview in one of the workshops near my office. They said that half of the tunnels of line 1 and 2 were partially built.

I came to my office. A group of guilds came to meet. I spoke for them. They are satisfied with the current affairs of the country. Mr. Adib came from Indian scholars. He spoke about the weak performance of our embassy in India and the need to be more active to attract effective parties and forces in India, and he thanked the importance of giving importance to Islamic economic centers in transactions with India and the improvement of Mehrabad airport after Mohsen's inspection.

In noon news, the leadership's warning to radical elements was broadcast. These days, there are many attacks in the parliament and the press against the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for not predicting events in Romania and inviting Ceausescu. 45 representatives have asked Dr. Velayati. The first direct and relatively sharp criticism of the leadership is to the radicals.

In the evening, a group of Basiji students from Amirkabir University came after the "Basiji Thought" seminar. I spoke for them. I stayed in my office at night and did the work.