Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – July 21, 1996

I reached my office at half past nine in the morning. [Mr. Gholamreza Aghazadeh], the oil minister came. He requested about providing currency for new petrochemical projects and activating the gas sales contract to Türkiye using the presence of the government of Mr. [Najmuddin] Arbakan. Mr. [Ali Mohammad] Basharti, the country's minister, came to explain the reason for the removal of the governor of Khorasan and the election of Mr. Mohsani, which was not convincing. Mr. Dr. [Mohammed Reza] Hashemi [Golpaigani, Minister of Culture and Higher Education] and [Syed Mohammad] Mirmohammadi, [Secretary General of the Administrative and Employment Affairs Organization] came; There is a difference of opinion on the number of university vice-chancellors, I reached an understanding. Mr. Dr. Hashemi is saddened by the pressure on his administrators over the issue of Islamization of the university.

In the evening, I did the backlog of the trip. [Mr. Gurban Ali Saadat], the governor of West Azerbaijan came. In order to solve the problem that he has in order to earn local income and spend in unapproved cases, as well as help with some of the shortages of the province and the issue of the leadership's travel, he sought help there. Mr. [Jalil] Basharti, [head] of the deprived areas [presidential] office, came to report.

[Mr. Sidiosaf Raza Gilani], Speaker of the Pakistan Parliament and his companions came. They talked about the good relations and the situation in Pakistan, the Kashmir issue, the conflict with India and the gas pipeline. Two people came and claimed that they know influential people in the institution and the presidency. information

they gave We decided to investigate. By nine o'clock at night, I finished the work and came home. Writing the memories of the past three days took until half past eleven.