Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – February 5, 1991

[Mr. Isa Kalantari], the Minister of Agriculture and his research deputy came. They asked for permission to use international experts and researchers to improve wheat [seeds]. They reported their trip to Cuba. They also reported on the progress in the agriculture of water lands and irrigation under pressure.

Mrs. Dr. [Shafiqa] Habibi, [supervisor of the Emergency Medicine and Medical Equipment Center of the Red Crescent Society] came and asked for the establishment of the Red Crescent Syringe Factory. The office staff came. I spoke to them on the occasion of Fajr. The official of the "marks" office came. He gave a progress report. The program for awarding badges, which is mentioned in the constitution and its laws and regulations have been prepared, has not been prepared and completed yet; They presented the designs of the badges.

[Mr. Turgut Özal], the president of Türkiye, spoke on the phone. He was worried about our plan for peace with which Saddam would survive. In the evening, the Minister of Foreign Affairs came to Kuwait. He brought the letter of the Emir of Kuwait. He thanked us for our positions and demanded not to follow the ceasefire in the Iraq war, before Iraq's withdrawal from Kuwait, at the meeting of the Non-Alignment Movement.

Dr. [Hasan] Rouhani reported that a number of Iraqi warplanes and an Iraqi Airbus have arrived today. Dr. [Hasan] Habibi came to Türkiye for current affairs and consultation. In the evening, the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution had a meeting. In this meeting, the members of the General Culture Council and also the members of the founding board of Qom Medical University for women were approved.

In the reports, the coverage of my yesterday's interview in the world media is very wide. Contrary to my statements, they magnify the possibility of negotiations with America.