Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – December 8, 1992

I was asleep at three in the morning and woke up around seven in the morning. I did the rest of last night's work until nine in the morning. The participants came to the remote sensing training seminar. Mr. [Mohammed] Gharehi, [Minister of Post, Telegraph and Telephone] and one of the foreign guests reported and I also had a short speech.

Mr. [Mehdi] Hayeri Tehrani and his son came. Some of the records of our acquaintance and cooperation were discussed in Qom. He applied to get land for the development of Qolhak Islamic Azad University and the development of Arak Mosque. He gave a list of his services in Qom and Tehran. Mr. Garami Yazdi joined them and while praising the policies of the government, he asked for help to establish an advanced health center in Yazd and also to allow the entry of more Korean cars for taxis.

Our new ambassador came to New Zealand to say goodbye and get guidance. [Mr. Mohammad Ali Najafi], Minister of Education, came with the winning students in the competitions. They reported the matches. I also encouraged them. I signed the donated Qurans. The daughter of the winner of the poetry competition recited her poem and the boy of the winner of the Quran competition recited the Quran.

Because I had little sleep last night, I slept for an hour. Then I did the work until seven o'clock at night; Everything I had to read and sign was finished. Chastity called. He is upset and angry that I didn't go home last night and informed him late, and he had a question about giving a sign containing a Quranic verse to a non-Muslim.

I told Mr. [Hamid] Mirzadeh, [Executive Vice President] on the phone that the leadership also agrees with the sale of land on the islands. To sell the land of Kish.