Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – July 29, 1993

Mr. Nurbakhsh, [Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance] informed by phone that the ten billion dollar loan is nearing completion and it is expected to be deposited into our account in two or three days. There are indications that Chinese leaders have serious support for that loan. It is said to be from the Buddhist charity fund. This loan has very favorable conditions.

A group of officials of the Administrative Court of Justice and managers of the prisons organization came. Mr. [Mohammad Reza] Abbasi Fard and [Asadullah] Lajurdi reported and I spoke to them in detail. Mr. Abbasi Fard separately explained the efforts he made in the elections.

Expediency Council had a meeting. Regarding the removal of ambiguity from the anti-narcotics law, as well as the note prohibiting the conversion of agricultural land, which came to the assembly after the approval of the parliament and the opposition of the Guardian Council, we examined both items and they were removed from the order.

Dr. Rouhani, [Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council] came. We talked about buying oil from Iraq and cabinet members and Dr. Velayati's trip to Syria.

In the evening, Mr. [Syed Mohammad] Gharehi, [Ismail] Shushtri, [Abdul Hossein] Vahaji and [Reza] Malekzadeh came. We negotiated about their membership in the cabinet. In cases that are likely to have problems in the parliament, other assumptions were also examined.

Mr. [Syed Mahmoud] Doa'i, [the director of the information newspaper] came. He gave a report on the simultaneous information printing program in London and expressed concern about the possibility of Mr. [Abdullah] Nouri not being in the cabinet.

We were at home with Yasser at night. Yasir talked about his trip to Urmia and the scope of the province's transactions with Iraq. This evening, a good rain has fallen in Shemiran and the weather is very pleasant. After dinner, I walked on the balcony of the house for a while. I wrote the remaining memories for three days. I wanted to sew the open seam of my skirts, but I took too long to thread the needle due to my poor eyesight, and finally it was done.