Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – February 19, 1997

We went from home to Jamshidiye Park [in the north of Tehran]; To open the development plan of the park, which is built on the level of 30 hectares. We named the new section "Bagh Ferdowsi". The designer, Mr. Dr. [Gholamreza Pasban] Hazrat, who had also given the design of Jamshidiyeh Park during the former regime, explained. By preserving the nature of the mountain, they have built good facilities; Including the center for each of the provinces of the country, which is made up of Azerbaijan, Kurdistan, Turkmens and Zagros, and Kurdistan and Azerbaijan, they performed a program with a song group and a display of local handicrafts.

They have also prepared plans for Gulab Dareh and Kolakchal valleys. One billion and 200 million Tomans have been spent on this part. I suggested that, in one of the works, they implement the plan of creating a large tree that displays the function of water in different parts - from the top to the bottom of the tree; Similar to what I saw in Los Angeles, before the revolution.

Then we went to the Yadgar Imam Bridge, which is 2,600 meters long. The largest bridge in the country. We removed the curtain and crossed the bridge. We saw that they are building a huge bazaar under the bridge. With a substructure of 33,000 square meters, on two floors, they have sold five billion tomans of goodwill. The total value of the shops' goodwill is 25 billion tomans. Then across the highway

We went to Yadgar Imam, which is six kilometers; It is under construction. [Mr. Gholamhossein Karbaschi], the mayor of Tehran and the mayor of the region, gave explanations. A second water tunnel has been built in Punak Valley for the highway to pass.

We toured the streets of Saadat Abad. In the new building of the municipality [Region 2], they gave a report of the works and some plans that were opened, including the building itself, which is interestingly built. So far, they have built 120 bridges and 220 kilometers of highways, and 24 thousand hectares of green space in Tehran's green belt and the 500th green park inside Tehran, named Golshan, which was opened today in the southeast of the city.

In these seven years, the private sector has invested five thousand billion tomans in the building. I also gave an encouraging speech about the importance of Tehran municipality's work and revealed some plaques; including rain irrigation of Tehran's green space.

I went to my office. On the way, Mr. [Ali Mohammad] Basharti [Interior Minister] sat in the car and discussed the date of the presidential election. It was decided to be June 16, 1976. Earlier, there was talk about June 2. In order to use the space of the Imam's anniversary programs, we chose this date for the presence of people at the polls. The opinion of the leadership is the same.

Mr. [Alireza] Askari, the new commander of the Basij resistance force, came to Tehran and expressed his displeasure with the extreme policies that were implemented in the Basij last year. including the use of Basij in prohibiting the evil and corruption of veiled women, as well as participating in the parliamentary elections, in favor of a movement and other cases and asking for help for a new work; It seems that he is a moderate and wise person.

Akhvi Mohammad, [executive deputy of the president] came. They talked about the issues of elections and satellites and America's issues with Iran. In the evening Mr. Nematzadeh [Minister of Industries] came. He gave a report on the work of industries, including Mazandaran wood and paper, Hormozgan cement, Kermanshah paper, and black tent cloth, and asked for extra currency. The Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution had a meeting with several resolutions. Mr. [Mustafa] Pourmohammadi, [Deputy Minister of Information], informed that the African person was released. I came home Fazeh came. He consulted about the [presidential] elections and the building of the Revolution Stadium.