Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – June 11, 1991

I reached my office at eight in the morning. After doing the work and greeting the leadership by phone, I talked about a possible plan in the parliament [regarding free ports], based on his statements.

[Mr. Hasan Hasanov], the prime minister of Soviet Azerbaijan came. He told us about the impact of my trip to the Council and the need for more cooperation. He wants to connect our electricity and gas to the Nakhchivan region, as well as to pass the railway line, in order to prevent the possible loss of connection between the two parts of Azerbaijan by Armenia.

Timsar [Mansour] Sattari came. The report on the situation of Nahaja [= the Air Force of the Islamic Republic of Iran] gave the peak plan as well as the development of the Nahaja company in the country's transportation and assistance to the [free areas] of Kish and Qeshm, and he is dissatisfied with the dryness, paperwork and hierarchy in the army that has intensified recently.

Mr. [Ali Akbar] Rahmani, the person in charge of the civil registry [= civil registration organization], and the deputies came and reported on the progress of issuing new birth certificates. They have issued about 40 million new birth certificates and about 17 million are left, most of whom are elderly people. It gave a report on the implementation of the important comprehensive database plan, which is interesting. He appealed for the computerization of elections in the future.

[Representatives of tribes and clans] came. I gave a speech to them and [Mr. Gholamreza Faruzesh], Minister of Jihad Sazendgi, gave a report. Chastity and Fati, lunch was in my office; We didn't have enough food.

In the evening, I spoke with [Mr. Helmut Kohl], the Chancellor of Germany, on the phone and requested to prevent a possible attack by the Iraqi Baath [Army] on the refugees in Hor and the swamps of Iraq.

I went to Saadabad guest house. We negotiated with the Austrian guests about the region and Afghanistan; They have returned satisfied from visiting the camps of Iraqi refugees in West Azarbaijan province. [Mr. Kurt Waldheim] is grateful for Iran's generosity and chivalry. I reached home in the evening. Fati, Saeed and the children also came.