Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – July 14, 1990

I went to my office at half past seven in the morning. Mr. [Ali Akbar] Adab came and reported about the trip he had with a group of scholars. Mr. [Syed Reza] Zavarai, [Head of the Real Estate and Deeds Registration Organization] came. He gave a report on the work of document registration and appealed for more credibility and criticized the radicals.

We had a meeting with [Mr. Kim Young-nam], the foreign minister of North Korea; The negotiations were aimed at developing relations. At noon, I had a meeting with Dr. Velayati, [Minister of Foreign Affairs]. We talked about the visit of Mr. Kurt Waldheim, the President of Austria to Iran and the delay of the visit of [General Hussain] Arshad, the President of Bangladesh and about helping the movements.

[Mr. Gholamreza Aghazadeh], the oil minister, came and reported on his trip to the United Arab Emirates; is satisfied The Emirates had presented a version of the agreement with other oil-rich countries of the Persian Gulf, based on raising the price above 18 dollars and observing a quota, and they have agreed to a price of 20 dollars per barrel. It has been said that Iraq has threatened the UAE with military to raise the price of oil. Consulted for a trip to Algeria.

Mohsen, [Head of the President's Inspection Office] came. He brought the inspection report [of the Qazvin glass factory]; It is an important issue. Despite the shortage of glass and the existence of its black market in the country, large quantities of glass have been stored in the factory, apparently due to the lack of notification of quotas.

In the evening, the Supreme National Security Council had a meeting. A part of Kurdistan's territorial planning proposals was approved. I worked in my office until nine in the evening and came home.