Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – February 23, 1996

Today, contrary to the weather forecast, the weather was good and sunny. We went by car to Nowshahr, in the village of Nirang, to see the orchid flower garden. The owner of the garden, Mr. Engineer [Ahmed] Sheikhi and his wife, welcomed and explained. [Mr. Isa Kalantari], the Minister of Agriculture also came. We visited many interesting greenhouses; It was mainly various orchid flowers and tropical fruits and other rare flowers; With about forty years of experience, which is a very valuable collection. Some people from the village also came and begged for the construction of the mosque.

From there, we went to the Kandlos agricultural complex in Kalarabad, which belongs to the private sector. Engineer [Ali Asghar] Jahangiri and his brothers explained. Their goal is to grow medicinal plants for the production of herbal medicines. They have created an interesting collection of valuable medicinal plants, and there is a pilot-scale industrial unit for extracting essential oils, and they have an interesting store and exhibition to attract customers and Iranian tourists, with interesting and innovative decorations.

We went to the villa of the tea organization in Sahil Darya. We had prayer, lunch and rest there. We heard the explanations of the manager of the tea organization and the progress of tea cultivation and industry. For example, we used some of the products of the tea industry mixed with saffron; It is interesting. We returned to Ramsar. The children returned to Tehran and I, Kazem [Marashi] and Hamid Lahoti stayed. Passed by walking on the beach and reading.