Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – February 15, 1995

Mr. [Akbar] Turkan, [Minister of Roads and Transport] came. He reported on the two-lane construction of the Tehran-Mashhad railway and the construction of the Bafaq-Bandar Abbas railway. We decided to go near Eid for the opening. He said that private airlines make losses. He got the permission to repair the fares and the permission to change the manager of Homa Airlines.

Mr. Fallahian, [Information Minister] and his companions came. They gave a report on the situation of smuggling from Qeshm and how the exchange offices in Türkiye and Dubai work in connection with the sale of currency; All in all, they didn't have any important information that would be a solution to the current problem of the upward movement of coin and currency prices; They gave crude opinions.

Mohsen, [Head of the President's Special Inspection Office] came. He gave a critical report about the state of the metro and my lack of strictness to discipline Mr. Ebrahimi, [the CEO of the metro company]. In the evening, in the meeting of the government board, the proposal to replace the manager of Homa Airlines was not agreed and it was postponed to the next meeting. We had an unfinished discussion about the chaotic situation of currency and coins.

Mr. [Ali Mohammad] Basharti, [Minister of the Interior], reported the decision of the Islamic Association of Shiraz University Students to march in protest against economic policies. I discussed with the leadership over the phone; It was decided that they would send a message of their opposition and we would stop them.

We went to the Nihad [Presidential] club for the Iftar ceremony, and on the way I took Mr. Noorbakhsh with me. We negotiated about the remedy for the increase in the exchange rate. They decided to come up with a plan for Saturday; Unfortunately, they do not have a plan. I prayed, broke the fast, had a short talk, and gave Eid to the children and women, and I returned home.