Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – January 5, 1994

It rained last night too. This morning it got dark and it rained heavily. Guests from Turkmenistan went to Shiraz and Kish. Mr. [Abul Qasim] Wafi [Yazdi] came. He had opinions about the situation of departments and Friday imams and asked for help for the needy. Mr. Mirzadeh, [Executive Vice President] came and gave a report on the reconstruction work.

Mr. Masih, an immigrant, came. He asked for help for the Islamic Republic newspaper and criticized the policies. Mr. [Syed Mohammad Hossein] Adeli, [CEO of the Central Bank] and Mazini came. They brought the regulatory table for foreign exchange obligations for the next five years and asked about the policy of dealing with overdue obligations for installments. Mr. [Qorban Ali] Dori [Najaf Abadi, head of the Program and Budget Commission and head of the Central Selection Board of the whole country] came. He explained about the opinions of the parliamentarians about the budget of 2013. Selection managers came. Mr. Dury reported and I had an encouraging talk.

In the evening, in the meeting of the government board, we revised the policy of import of goods by border dwellers and pilewarans and border bazaars and Iranian workers in the south of the Persian Gulf in order to help imports.

At night, we had a discussion at Mr. Niazov's residence and had dinner together. He was satisfied with the trip to Kish and Shiraz and the visit to Saipai factory in Shiraz. He has decided to buy cars from us and use Iranian tilers and artists. He gave a report on the talks between the presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia on the night of the Ashgabat summit.