Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – July 15, 1996

Before noon, we only had a headquarters [support program] meeting to regulate the market. We dealt with the issue of paper and the quota of major newspapers and the dispute between the Headquarters Secretariat and the Ministry of Guidance, as well as the provision of livestock and poultry feed and the setting of prices. Mr. [Mohsen] Noorbakhsh, [CEO of the Central Bank] reported that we had a drop in prices in June as well.

In the evening, Mr. [Ali Akbar] Ash'ari came from the Ministry of Guidance. He explained the government's weekly advertising program and asked for credit. In the meeting of the government board, we made several resolutions and examined the modification of the quantitative goals of the second plan, and with the change of the appropriation figures in the parliament, the goals should also be modified.

I did the work until nine o'clock at night. Mr. Falahian, [Information Minister] came. They talked about the dismissal of Imam Juma of Karaj and also the punishment of the offending officers who have committed illegal acts in Europe - on the issue of [reza] the oppressed and taking drugs to Germany. We went to Firuzeh Palace for the mourning ceremony. I gave a detailed lecture about the sufferings of the Prophet (pbuh) and the sufferings and patience of Imam Hasan (pbuh) and Imam Reza (pbuh) in Hosseiniyeh of the army barracks, considering the expediency of seeing a compromise with Mu'awiya and Ma'mun and explained the state of the revolution. I came home Faiza, Mona, Hassan, Mehdi, Fereshte and Fouad were waiting for me. We had dinner and I slept.