Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – June 5, 1992

We stayed in Letian until the night. The time was spent reading, talking, walking, boating, and watching Mehdi and Yaser jet ski. We had pleasant weather. During the boat ride, I saw the heights around the lake green and deserted. Except for the first water entry points and the south of Lavasan, where people used the lake shore, the rest is around Qarq, and some corners have been occupied by the army and the IRGC for training.

Mr. [Mahmoud] Vaezi, [Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs], had questions on the phone about traveling to France and Belgium and the issue of German hostages. In the afternoon, Yasser said goodbye to travel to Mecca. Efat also went to Tehran with him. In the evening, Yasir asked the airport by telephone to allow a number of Hajj applicants who have gathered at the airport and the Hajj mission and organization do not agree to send them, because they were not in the schedule and the plane has empty capacity, to go on the last flight. I agreed, but later Mr. [Hasan] Shafti, [CEO of Homa Company] said that there are more of them and we have to arrange another flight. There have been cases like these that the Hajj authorities have opposed, including the companions of the Imam's daughters, which caused the Imam's daughters not to go. Finally, it was decided to tell the situation to the headquarters in Saudi Arabia; If they agree, take it. They said that if they are disappointed, there is a possibility of crowding at the airport.