Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – December 4, 1985

I studied until half past eight in the morning. The members of the delegation came to Nicaragua and Cuba and gave a trip report and told about the extreme poverty and many needs of Nicaragua and offered to help them. Mr. Davodi [Shamsi] came in charge of physical education. He gave a report on the state of sports and requested for its development.

The group of the board of directors of Jamia Al-Zahra School in Qom, which educates female students, came and told about the problems of women's education. Since it is not clear what they should do after their studies, I suggested that they be employed as teachers and religious education teachers in schools.

The German ambassador came to say goodbye. Abu Sharif came and brought Mr. Montazeri's message. I participated in the meeting of representatives of Tehran. Drainage in the south of Tehran, rural industries in Tehran's villages and the construction of the subway were discussed.

In the evening, Mr. Rahnama came and said that one of the Swiss banks has informed that it has five hundred million dollar deposit of Lieutenant General Nasiri Madoom and by taking 10-14%, he can return [it] to Iran. I told the Prime Minister and it was agreed that two people would go to collect the money.

Mr. [Reza] Amrollahi [head of the Atomic Energy Organization] came and discussed the agreement with Argentina regarding cooperation in the construction of the Bushehr nuclear power plant with the agreement of the Germans. We were guests of Mr. Ardabili at night. We talked about the French parliamentary delegation, new ministers, war, buying weapons from China and other things. I arrived home late. In the evening, the presiding committee had a meeting.