Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – February 21, 1996

Akhavi Mohammad came for market regulation and reconstruction and election issues and brought samples of unnecessary goods imported by the Ministry of Oil. I warned Mr. Aghazadeh [Oil Minister] to follow up.

Mr. Natiq Nouri, [Speaker of the Parliament] came. He is worried about the election situation. He criticized the heavy advertising of the brokers and the fact that they use my name a lot and that Faezeh is also with them. I said that you brought this situation yourself and with the opinion of the leadership, but my suggestion was not paid attention to. I told them that they want to put your name on the list. Then Mr. Karbaschi, Akhoi Mohammad, Mr. Marashi and Noorbakhsh came. The issue of including Mr. Natiq's name in the list caused them problems, and with my explanations and justifications, the situation improved.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, we went to the [Mehrabad] airport and flew to Ramsar with some family members. There were clouds everywhere. In Ramsar, the weather was cloudy, rainy and cold. Before sunset and night, I walked a bit on the beach. The advance of sea water has been stopped for several months. They said that since October, the sea level has gone down by about seven centimeters, which is actually about ten meters behind the coast.