Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – January 28, 1997

[Mr. Helmut Werner Ehrlich and Vyacheslav Gizatov], the new ambassadors of Austria and Kazakhstan came to present their credentials. The negotiations were formal. The Austrian ambassador knew a little Persian; Because many people from his family have had missions related to Iran. Dr. [Abbas] Shibani, [Tehran's representative] came. I told him that if he remembers, he should prepare for me the arrangement [how] to form the Revolutionary Council and the members.

[Mr. Mohammad Karimian], the representative of Sardasht and Piranshahr, came and asked for the completion of construction projects. [Mr. Gholamhossein Nowzari], the representative of Kazeroon, along with [Mr. Asadollah Imani], Imam Juma and the governor came and got help for civil affairs, including the road. Mr. [Syed Hossein] Hashemi, the middle representative, came. He applied for the correction of the Mianeh-Tabriz highway, which passes near Mianeh, and other city development issues.

In the evening, in the Supreme Council of Free Zones, there was the discussion of the Ferns Liberation Zone, which remained unfinished, and the discussion of land and domestic and foreign banks in the Free Zones, which remained unfinished. Iftar, the staff of the institution [of the presidency] were my guests. After breaking the fast, I completed the work by eight o'clock in the evening.

I came home Efat had a guest: Mrs. Ayatollah Khamenei, the daughter of Imam and the mother of Martyr Labafinejad. In the reports, the crisis in Russia, due to the continued boredom of Mr. Yeltsin, is noted that the plan to impeach him is being discussed in the parliament; with a deadline of one month. A little snow fell in Tehran last night, but in the south of the country, there is good rainfall.