Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – December 3, 1995

First, I called Imam Reza (a.s.) hospital. They said, last night after we left, her father completely calmed down and slept until four in the morning and today he is fully awake, but they don't remember that we were there last night and now they are asking why they were brought to the hospital.

I did things as usual until half past nine in the morning. Mr. Nourbakhsh, [Chairman] and the deputies of the Central Bank came and reported on the situation of the currency and rial. They are completely satisfied with the currency. The arrears have been paid in installments and we have good payment options. They do not predict currency problems, but in terms of Rials, they are worried about the growth of liquidity, much more than the approved plan, and they acknowledge that many industrial units have liquidity problems; They decided to investigate to find a solution.

[Mr. Gholamhossein Karbaschi], the mayor of Tehran, came. He talked about his work and denied the accusation of illegal actions of the municipality. It is accused, they act against the law regarding the sale of density and compromise with the violators and agreement on fines. He said that he has given a legal answer to the parliamentary inquiry. I gave some notes about Hamshahri newspaper.

Mr. Masih Mohajeri, [president's social advisor and managing director of Jumohri-e-Islami newspaper] came. He reported on his trip to Egypt, Central Asia, Syria, and Lebanon, and emphasized friendship with Central Asia. He is still against establishing political relations with Egypt; At the same time, he insists on cultural cooperation. I warned about the newspaper and its extremism. He had some comments about the elections and is worried about becoming one-dimensional.

Mr. [Majid] Abbaspour, [president's adviser] came. He gave a report on the progress of S.M.R. [= Chemical, Microbial and Radioactive Defense] and talked about an important issue that was discussed in some foreign newspapers about the imaginary plan to bring a lot of rials into Iran from abroad, to disrupt the Iranian economy, with the help of Mr. Gaddafi's son and Dr. Abbas Pour and a company called Bandaran. He suggests that this news was faked by Western intelligence agencies, which somehow found out about the connection of that company with S.M.R.'s work. He is worried and offers his own replacement.

In the evening, in the meeting of the government board, we had a discussion about the distribution and production of steel. I was the guest of Ayatollah Khamenei that night. We talked a little about our student memories, with a mention of the late Bahrami. It was discussed about the slogans of the trip, his travel plan to Qom and the fact that Qom scholars have warned not to advertise on the issue of Marjayat and the gathering of Marjayat placards by his order, as well as another warning about the interpretation of "Grand Ayatollah" that Mr. Meshkini had told Mr. Besharti, the Minister of the Interior, that no action has been taken in this case and the placards will have it. Also, we agreed about the Tehran elections, the list of militant clergy community - which we both think is good, not to be limited to one line, but they do not want to announce their opinion on this matter - and about the boredom of Hajiya Waldeh and my trip to Mashhad, as well as the issue of wiretapping and limiting it, and about preventing things that take away people's peace of mind. In the case of Afghanistan, they do not agree with quick aid to Khalili's group.

I came home I called Mohammad's brother in Mashhad. He said that his father's condition is better, but he vomited last night.