Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – February 21, 1999

In the morning, we went from home to Karaj for the opening of the Veterinary Teaching and Research Hospital. [Dr. Mansour Khalili Iraqi], the president of Tehran University and the head of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Mr. Dr. [Syed Hossein] Hosseini, explained. It has 40 hectares of land and 15 thousand square meters of buildings and numerous departments and laboratories. Since 1352, the previous regime allocated the land, but until the end of its life, it did not take any action, and after the revolution, it was decided to build in 1361 and 1365, without any action, and finally, since 1368, in the first plan, it has been included in the construction plans and built.

I visited the autopsy department, which is used to diagnose diseases of dead animals, and the caesarean section, where the calf of a cow was surgically removed, and I visited the laboratories. They said, for the first time, bird flu has spread in five provinces of the country and is under control. Recently, a vaccine has been developed and is being tested. In the amphitheater, we listened to the report of Mr. Khalili [Iraqi] and Mr. Hosseini, and I talked about the importance of veterinary sciences from a scientific, human, health, and economic point of view, and I emphasized that this center should be a scientific authority in the region.

I returned to my office. By four o'clock in the afternoon, I did things. Dr. [Ali Akbar] Velayati, [Leadership Adviser on International Affairs] came and complained about the behavior of the [Party] agents who did not coordinate with [the community] of militant clergy and nominated most of their candidates from extreme leftists; I confirmed. It was announced that today the monitoring board [on the elections of the Islamic Town and Village Council] disqualified 12 leftist candidates, including Mr. Abdullah Nouri, [Saeed] Hajarian, [Mohammed] Salamati, [Ebrahim] Asgharzadeh, etc., and that there will be another fight.

Dear Mr. [Syed Mohammad], [CEO of Iran Speed ​​Company] and his son came. He complained about the losses he suffered due to the referral of five thousand imported cars [Hyundai] and... and appealed to the bank to solve the problem. At night, I went to Mehrad Hospital to visit Mr. They are better. As in the past, they talked a lot about their situation and [Mr. Seyyed Kazem Akhwan Marashi's] brotherhood and issues from Najaf and Qom. In the reports, the reactions about the testimony of Mr. Seyed Mohammad Sadr continue.