Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – March 23, 1990

I woke up at half past five in the morning. I received news from the Farsi section of Voice of America () and England (). The most important issue in the world is the Russians and Lithuanian issues. I walked a little on the beach. I ate breakfast. [Ms. Khadija Tsaghfi], the Imam's wife, and the female companions came; I greeted I went for a walk to the beach around the island and walked a few kilometers and visited the construction companies that are building commercial and residential centers; Progress is good, but they often have problems with transportation.

Then we went around the island and the inner parts by car. We saw a Greek ship stuck in the mud, which has been left for twenty-five years and is rotting. I said that either the ship should be scrapped or it should be used as a tourist place or as a restaurant. We had lunch with Dr. Rouhani and Mohsen. Mohsen [Hashmi, the head of the President's Special Inspection Office], had problems with Kish's management style and the vagueness of criteria and regulations.

Mr. [Hamid] Mirzadeh came in the evening. We went to the beach with the officials of the island and visited the ruins of the city during the Portuguese occupation. I told them to find artifacts from under the ruins and create a museum for tourists. There was a discussion about the commercial and construction policy and the issue of prices and how to provide building materials for the development of the island. About 80 billion tomans of projects are under construction, and the materials must be provided. It was decided to bring as much as possible from abroad so that the country would not be burdened. Because we lack the materials to implement the first development plan. Hoping for a day when the products can meet domestic consumption and be exported. Maybe this wish will come true at the end of the first five-year plan.

I visited the pearl design. They drilled a well that reached twenty meters to fresh water. One of the partners of Kish Mehr Company came and gave an explanation about his big commercial-residential project; They are supposed to spend twenty billion tomans within two and a half years. He wanted to make sure that we do not have a policy of weakening the position of Kish Island by opening other ports. We had dinner with the guards.

Fahima Khanum, [Daughter of Imam and President of the Women's Community of the Islamic Republic], wanted government assistance to form the "Women's Community"; I said that if he wants to act as a party and support a political faction, we cannot help from the government.