Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – January 9, 1997

Yesterday and today, I finished the book "Merchants of Death", which I had been reading for a long time. At ten in the morning, accompanied by Mr. [Mohammadreza] Yazdan Panah, [CEO of Kish Azad Region], we toured around the island; Mr. [Kazim] Rashid Yazdi also joined. We saw forests and wells with wind pumps and buildings under construction. We got off at the place of the agricultural project under nylon and with an innovative method. Engineer Bahrhosseini explained; I thought it was very interesting. In regular canals, by accumulating pebbles, pumice, and sand and running water with a drip system and aeration, they plant vegetables and mix fertilizer in the water. The design engineer claims that one thousand tons of summer crops can be harvested per hectare per year. He has been using this method in Khorasan for several years. He builds the first example in Kish in 2500 square meters, which costs about 15 thousand tomans per meter.

Then we went to the sports area. I rode a horse for a while and we visited the horse stable. The evening was spent studying and walking. At night, we wandered the roads and streets of Kish. We went to the horse riding mange; The ladies were riding horses. We also saw the Venus complex, which is a collection of commercial spaces, hotels, cafes, restaurants, entertainment spaces, amusement parks, and water features; It is from the private sector. They informed that a very big fish had been caught, so they should bring it with a crane for us to see.