Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – February 25, 1995

We went to the munitions factory on Pirouzi Street to open four new production lines for doshkas, collets and hunting rifles. After the military ceremonies, engineer Kiani explained about defense industries and this factory. I visited the exhibition of factory products and opened the production lines. An old factory with more than 40 years of history, part of the machinery, has recently been modernized. It has more than two thousand workers and employees. This factory has fourteen halls, of which we visited three large halls.

I spoke to the staff. We had the ceremony of awarding the first government medal, which was given to Mr. Timsar Rahimi and Sardar [Manochehr] Lagi, in recognition of their innovations in military industries. They gave me a hunting rifle. The production of the factory is about three billion tomans per year, of which sixty percent are civilian parts.

I went to my office and did the work. At noon, I wrote the answer letter to Mohsen, [Head of the President's Inspection Office]. His letter contains criticisms about not paying enough attention to the opinions of the inspector about the metro and some other cases. In the evening, the directors of the Ministry of Health and the Program and Budget Organization came. General health insurance credits were negotiated; It turned out that it was not enough. It was planned to be implemented from the first of 2014.

We had iftar, a meeting of the heads of the forces in the office of Mr. [Mohammed] Yazdi, [Head of the Judiciary]. Regarding the economic policies and foreign policy, adjustment policy and the first plan and the necessity of moderation in foreign policy, there was a negotiation and consent was expressed.

This evening Mr. [Haydar] Aliyev, the President of Azerbaijan, made a phone call. He said that despite the consortium's opposition, he is determined to insist on Iran's participation in the Azerbaijan Oil Consortium and will participate in the opening ceremony of the Bandar Abbas railway. He wanted to appoint the current charge d'affaires to the embassy and make the joint commission more active.