Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – January 8, 1997

I went to my office. I did the work. Water managers and a group of participants in the water economy seminar came. Mr. Zanganeh, [Minister of Energy] reported. I also spoke in detail about the importance of water and the necessity of trying to preserve and control water and also the correct use of water. In water containment and water conservation, construction of dams, development of watersheds and aquifers, urban sewage, polluted water treatment, prevention of underground water pollution and water consumption, the use of pressure irrigation methods and price correction in the future, which were of interest in Iran in the first and second programs, I pointed out the study of the use of salt water resources and cloud fertility.

We went to the airport and flew to Kish. There were Tayyaba's concubines and some of her children and concubines, Nosrat and Melke and their children. The family of the late Haj Qasim's brother had already left. None of our children were there, except Fereshte, [Mahdi's wife] and Maryam, [Yaser's wife]. We rested in the pavilion and walked on the beach until night. They have made improvements to the beach and the space of the pavilion. The weather is cold and it has not rained so far this year.