Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – July 28, 1991

[Mr. Marc Eskens], Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belgium came to visit. I asked questions about the economic community of Europe and the purpose of the union and the opinion of the United States and England, as well as the situation in Eastern and Central Europe; He gave clear answers. He asked for my opinion about the security of the region, the situation in Iraq, disarmament, the Soviet Union, etc.; I explained. He clearly said that the opinion of Europe and America is firmly against the removal of Saddam Hussein and the opposition to the formation of an independent Kurdish government.

[Mr. Morteza Safari], the new ambassador of Iran in Hungary and [Mr. Seyyed Shamsuddin Kharkhani] our ambassador in England, came to ask for opinions and say goodbye. He gave a report on the affairs of the deprived areas and exaggerated the expensive problems for the deprived areas.

The members of the [headquarters] seven-member commissions for land transfer came. They complained about the Minister of Agriculture. They applied for additional salaries and facilities. Asr Mohsen [Hashmi, head of the President's Special Inspection Office] came. He had opinions about the affairs of the country.

I attended the meeting of the government. [Mr. Ali Fallahian], Minister of Information gave a report on the situation in Kuwait and the necessity of developing cooperation. We appointed Mr. [Hamid] Mirzadeh, [Executive Vice President] to coordinate the organizations for the development of cooperation.

At night I was a guest of Ayatollah Khamenei. They have confirmed the opinion of the Guardian Council in the interpretation of the constitution [about discretionary supervision]. We discussed the agreement with France, the disarmament of Iraq and current issues.