Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – January 1, 1997

I woke up at six in the morning and read the reports related to today's work until half past seven. We went to the airport. On the way, we visited a mosque under construction. We hit the ground of the new seminary school. We moved to Dere Shahr city. We landed in the area of ​​Badreh city, next to the village of "Hini Mini". The people of the surrounding villages gathered; I talked to them a little and responded to their warm feelings.

We went to the Simre River for the commencement ceremony of Simre Dam. Mr. Zanganeh and one of the managers [=Mr. Haddadian, CEO of Water and Power Company], explained. The dam will be built with a capacity of 2.3 billion cubic meters of water; with a cost of 67 billion tomans, which has a foreign exchange cost of 90 million dollars. With four units of 160 megawatt power plants with a capacity of 640 megawatts of hydropower, the main purpose of the dam is to produce electricity. I also spoke briefly about the importance of using hydropower potential and said that we have the possibility of supplying about 20,000 megawatts from Zagros.

We went to the city of Dara Shahr. They had a magnificent and orderly society. After the slogans and the welcome and the report by [Mr. Zahedian], Imam Juma and [Mr. Sadeghi], the governor and [Mr. Naseri Gohar], the representative of [Dare Shahr] and the interesting song of the Kurdish boys and girls, with local clothes and donations

Farsh, I spoke. We flew to Abdanan, similar to the same program was held in this city; In addition to a detailed poem in my description, by a Basij poet.

We flew to Murmuri plain. They explained the irrigation plan under pressure and the plan to transfer water from the Mulab river to this plain, and I talked about the importance of the development of that plain and took a look at the tablets. We flew to Abbas plain and after prayer, lunch and rest, Mr. Zanganeh and Hojjati explained about the transfer of water from Karkhe dam lake to Ahvaz plain with a 5.6 km tunnel, measuring 42 cubic meters per second, to irrigate 40 thousand hectares. I also spoke about the importance of building the vast plain of Abbas. The start of the work was done with a huge explosion and unveiling of the tablet.

We flew to the city of Musyan. On the way, we saw the diverting dams of the Dourij River, which were built to irrigate 20,000 hectares and prevent water from escaping to Iraq. In the city of Bubiyan, people's strong emotions prevented the conversation. First, we went and saw the reconstructed city; It is very interesting and modern. It was completely destroyed in the war. It is next to the border and now has three thousand inhabitants. Then we went to the crowd and I gave a short speech thanking the people and explaining the reconstruction.

We flew to Dehlaran. They welcomed very enthusiastically; To such an extent that [Mr. Hosseini], Imam Juma and Mr. [Syderreza] Zavarahi, [Head of the Country's Property and Deed Registration Organization] barely spoke a few words. They sang a hymn. I also spoke briefly about the good reconstruction and the better future of the region. The city is built much better than in the past and people are satisfied. After reconstruction, I gave the ownership documents of several people prepared by the registry office, and Mr. Zavarahi explained about this.

We saw the 95-bed hospital under construction; With the cost of [headquarters], the reconstruction of [war-torn areas] is close to completion. We saw and opened the Vocational and Technical School, which was built with the help of reconstruction. In the meeting of the administrative council, [Mr. Shabani Fard], the governor and [Mr. Karimi], the representative and Akhvi Mohammad, [Executive Vice President], reported and I also spoke. The progress indicators of the province are good; It is similar to rich provinces, but gas, railway and industries are weak. We went to Irangordi guest house to sleep and rest.