Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – December 7, 1994

We went to Azadi Stadium from home. On the occasion of Student's Day, Basiji students of medical sciences had a gathering. There were about ten thousand people and the gathering was magnificent. Half of them were girls. Mr. Dr. [Alireza] Marandi, [Minister of Health, Treatment and Medical Education] and Brigadier General [Alireza] Afshar, [Commander of the Basij Resistance Force], welcomed me. I also talked about the importance of university and the mobilization and education of women. Before the ceremony, we visited the exhibition of medical equipment and medical devices made in the same place.

We came to my office. [Mr. Sheikh Hamad bin Abdullah Al-Thani], Minister of Defense Affairs of Qatar came to the meeting. The negotiations were formal. I asked about the status and number of Qatar's armed forces; He said there are fifteen thousand people with French weapons and western training. The members of the scientific council of the Academy of Sciences came. They gave a report of the work and requested for more budget and place and social position.

In the evening, in the meeting of the government board, the regulation of providing housing for employees without housing was approved. It is an important measure that within five years, all employees will own housing.