Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – December 3, 1991

Mr. [Mohammed Hasan] Zoroq, [Member of the Broadcasting Organization's Policy Council] came and gave an analysis of the country's advertising situation. He believes that advertising is weak and media control is insufficient, and there are many propaganda mischiefs, and he gave examples and explained the results of the research in this regard. It was decided to create an organization under his management to compensate for this weakness and to provide food, information and supervision to the media.

Mr. [Sidabolfazl] Mousavi Tabrizi, the Attorney General of the country, came and reported on his trip to Soviet Azerbaijan; He is satisfied with Iran's influence in the public opinion there. He said about the weak performance of our consulate. He asked for help to establish a kindergarten for families whose mothers are imprisoned.

Mr. [Hamid] Muir, our new ambassador came to Kenya and gave good comments about Africa. The Board of Trustees of the National Library had a meeting. We had approvals to improve the affairs of the library and make it active.

In the evening, the officials, representatives and imam of Yazd along with Mr. Nourbakhsh, Zanganeh and Adeli, [ministers of economic affairs, finance and energy and head of the central bank], came to Yazd for the issue of water transfer from Zayandeh Rood. It was decided that the people of Yazd will contribute five billion tomans and the rest of the costs will be borne by the government.

The Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution had a meeting at night. The president of Jihad [University] was elected and the management regulations were amended. At night, I stayed in my office to do the backlog.