Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – March 1, 1989

At seven o'clock in the morning we left home for the airport and at half past seven we flew to Isfahan with the representatives of Isfahan and the Minister of Mines and a group of soldiers and soldiers. Breakfast was served on the plane and I heard the explanation about Mubarake iron and steel smelting. It was an official welcome at Isfahan airport with the presence of clerics, soldiers, officials and the families of the martyrs.

From there, we went to the Haftir Sepah complex with several helicopters. They have taken a large area and many factories are being established. They are making good progress for military industries. I opened the 60 mortar and tool making center and heard the explanations of the knowledge engineer, the manager of the complex.

We flew to Foulad Mubarake with a helicopter. [Mr. Gholamhossein Karbaschi] Governor of Isfahan gave good explanations on the way to introduce the situation. Mr. Engineer Irfanian also gave full explanations about Mobarake steel, at the site of the complex - which was built on a land of 7 x 5 square kilometers - from the model. It will produce 2.3 million tons of steel sheet. It is behind the schedule and is mostly satisfied with the cooperation of Italy and Japan due to the delay of internal works. I visited most of the parts by car and we got an explanation. After lunch and prayer, we left for Zob Ahan, Isfahan.

We spent two or three hours in the iron smelting. We saw blast furnace, steel making, coke making and rolling and heard explanation; It was interesting. I also opened the rolling and gave a speech to the employees. They expressed very warm feelings.

Maghrib, we returned to Isfahan by helicopter. We settled in the governor's guesthouse. In the evening, I had an appointment with the clerics of Isfahan, but I did not arrive and they were delayed for three hours. A meeting was held after Maghrib prayer. Mr. [Abbas Ali] the cleric of the interim Friday imam said welcome, and I spoke at length about the Imam's recent message to the clergy. We had dinner with them.

After the dinner Mr. Seyyed Kamal Faqih Imani talked about the situation of disaffected clerics of Isfahan and examples of their opposition and sought solutions. Mr. [Fazlullah] Salvati, a former parliamentarian, spoke about their situation; There was no new content. The governor said something about the situation in the province. I asked about the state of chastity on the phone. He was supposed to come to Isfahan, but he said he will not come, Yasir will stay alone. We talked a bit about tomorrow's plans.