Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi - February 28, 2003

The memoirs of Akbar Hashemi 8 Sep 2018

Attending the funeral of the victims of the plane crash.

Attending rafsanjan and attending local ceremonies and returning to Tehran

The full text of the diary.:

At seven o'clock in the morning, we flew to Karman to attend the funeral of the martyr of the crash of the Ilyushin plane. The gentlemen [Ali] Shamkhani ,[ Minister of Defense], [Ali Akbar] ahmadiyan ,[ chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff], [Ali] Larijani, [head of the sadusima organization], [Syed Mahmoud] dawaei, [head of the Information Institute], [Ishaq] Jahangiri, [Minister of industry and mines], Ali - akhoizadeh- [representative of rafsanjan], chastity and Fatima were accompanied.They said the actual number of passengers in Ilyushin was 276 and the cause of the accident was still unclear. At Kerman airport, provincial officials welcomed. We went straight to the mosque.

The streets around the mosque were crowded with people. Sardar [Abdul Muhammad] Raufi [nadad], the senior commander of the region [=commander of the 41st Army of Allah] reported and [Mr. sidihi Jafari] Imam Juma [Kerman] said goodbye. The leaders came from the Office of Mr. Mohammadi gulpaygani and Mr. Syed Mohsen Moussaoui Kashani. I spoke with condolences to the survivors and tips about Kerman and the 41st Army of Allah, the army, regional issues, Iraq, Palestine, the United States and council elections.

After the funeral, we went to see the crash site in the Sirch Heights. Mr. Mohammad Ali Karimi, the governor of Kerman, reported the incident and the situation in the province. I saw the witness tunnel for the first time.They said, in the former regime, [Asadullah] Alam, [the prime minister] has ordered the construction of this tunnel to bring South Khorasan closer to Bandar Abbas from the route and pass through Kerman to save Birjand from the deadlock. We've also heard useful explanations about the location of the search and the witness. We went to a snow-covered height. To collect the bodies, several roads were built four kilometers long.

We're here to visit the activities. I had a brief interview with sadusima. There was a strong wind; during the interview, the wind blew my uncle and became a historical memory; the film should be interesting to the people. The air of the two fronts of the desert and the mountains meet at this height and a strong turbulence is created. We also went to the village of Sirch, a beautiful area on the path of martyrdom. In return, we have passed the Mahan and the plan of the seven gardens and the seven heavens; the plan is stagnant.

We went to the standard guest house for lunch and rest.Mr. Syed Mehdi Moussaoui nassb, [Muhyiddin] furqani, and [Syed Muhammad] Khosrow were friends of the period of study in Qom; a new visit was made. 
We walked to rafsanjan in the evening. On the way, we visited the diamond factory under construction. It's from the private sector, and the speed of construction is important. Mr. [Ishaq] Jahangiri, [Minister of industry and mines] and [Mustafa] Trabi, [director of the factory] explained.

We've reached the west of rafsanjan. We prayed at the House of Imam Juma-Mr. [Sheikh Muhammad] hashmian-and went to Hussain tharallah to sit with the families of the martyrs of rafsanjan. 35 of the victims of the plane crash are from rafsanjan. The governor and the commander of the Corps reported, and I had a condolence speech.

We went to see the presidential archives, library and Museum. Mr. [Syed Mahmoud] dawaei, [head of the Information Institute], [Ali] Larijani, [head of the sadusima organization] and [Ishaq] Jahangiri, [Minister of industry and mines], were impressed with the cultural, sports and service complex. The objects and gifts that were received from inside and outside during my Presidency and the documents and books are kept here and preserved. Mohsen, [CEO] of the revolutionary knowledge Publishing Office and the University of valiyasar rafsanjan, have jointly managed the design and implementation.

After dinner and seeing the relatives at Mr. Sheikh Mohammed's house, we went to the airport. We're going to Tehran. At 11 o'clock at night, we were home.