Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – July 12, 1993

After the morning prayer, I studied until ten o'clock. Dr. [Abbas] Shibani, as usual, came without prior appointment and had some notes about the medicine. Mr. [Ali] Mowhedi Sawji came and said from Makkah. He also informed about the voting in the internal committee of the parliament that they voted for the minister of interior and he himself voted.

Mr. [Aman] Narimani, representative of West Islamabad, came. He expressed his devotion and had a report about the problems of the city and the problems of the people of Haqq and criticized the imam of the city and asked for help for the deficiencies.

[Mr. Seyed Ahmad Rasoulinejad], the representative of Damavand and Firuzkoh, came and asked for the work and the Nimrod dam and road. [Mr. Gholamreza Motamedania], the representative of Kohnuj came. He said the work done and the improvement of the security situation and the needs. [Mr. Abulfazl Hassan Beigi], the representative of Damghan, came. He spoke about the lines of the parliament and the exclusivity of the right and thanked me for the fruition of the city's water project and asked for the acceleration of gas supply and the university.

Mr. Nazari, the new CEO of tobacco, came. He told some of the weak points and corruption in the work of the former manager and his own plans for production and distribution, and he gave news about the growth of tobacco planting and harvesting and the setting up of huge cigarette factories in Gilan this year and the adjustment of excess human resources.

In the evening [Mr. Dick Sheet], the Deputy Secretary of State for External Affairs of India came. He brought the Prime Minister's letter. It was not important. The Economic Council had a meeting. Giving cheap loans to bread baking machines was approved. I came home at night. We had dinner with Yasir, Mehdi and Fereshte.