Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – January 3, 1994

it is raining Our guests went to Isfahan. I did the work until half past nine in the morning. [Mr. Jahanshah Sediq and Ali Boalfatah], the representatives of Durood and Poldakhter came. They insisted on my trip to Khorramabad and showed great submission and loyalty. For their constituencies, they had construction assistance and the township of some places.

[Mr. Seyed Ali Mirkhalili, Gholam Abbas Zairi and Abbas Abbasi], the representatives of Minab and Bandar Abbas came. By exaggerating the deprivation of the villages and the backwardness of the Shiite areas compared to the Sunni areas, they said and pleaded. They asked us to allow it to be imported again from Qeshm. Mr. [Syed Abbas] Pakenjad, the representative of Yazd, came. He said for Yazd water and the implementation of the project of extracting lead and iron mines in the region and spending its income for Yazd water.

[Mr. Bahram Yaqoubi], representative of Lahijan, came. He thanked me for my help to the farmers and the tea industry and asked for help in construction matters. [Mr. Mohammad Qomi], the representative of Varamin came. He thanked me for my help in transferring water from Tehran to Varamin. I decided to go to Varamin to open a project that connects 4.5 meters of water per second. He gave a description of the use of Tehran's sewage in the construction of the lands around Varamin and demanded the assignment of sports management. Dr. [Alireza] Marandi, [Minister of Health, Treatment and Medical Education] came to inject hepatitis vaccine.

In the evening, the Economic Council was not formed; Instead, I set up the library and did things. Tonight I was a guest of Ayatollah Khamenei. We negotiated and made a decision regarding Mr. Niyazov's statements about the Commonwealth of Nations and Yeltsin's mood in the future of Russia, as well as the extremism of the revolutionary courts and the unaccountable statements of some of the Friday imams, including Mr. [Ahmad] Janati regarding economic issues and the import of goods from Kish and Qeshm, as well as regarding my trip to Mazandaran and the strange reception of the people, etc. He gave a general permission to carry out the necessary affairs and what is related to leadership in the aspects of Shariah. Chastity spoke on the phone today. He is better. He said he will return by the end of the week. I came home at night. Yasser was also there.