Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – March 7, 1996

Mrs. [Carol] Bellamy, Executive Director of the United Nations Children's Fund came. He expressed his satisfaction with Iran's performance in implementing the approvals of international centers in children's health and education. I also made recommendations about the more seriousness of UNICEF to realize humanitarian goals.

Mr. [Gholamreza] Faruzesh, [Minister of Jihad Formation] came. He gave a report on the continuation of Mr. [Borhanuddin] Rabbani's [President of Afghanistan's] trip to Mashhad and then to Turkmenistan and their satisfaction with Iran's hospitality. He said that in Mashhad, they had many meetings with Afghan groups and left late. Also, while reporting the growth in the production of dairy products and proteins, he appealed for the correction of the price of milk in order to support the farmers.

We had a meeting of the National Gas Company General Assembly; It was done by approving the balance sheet and capital and listening to the report. I did the work in the evening. I used the pool and came home. Dr. Habibi, [First Vice President], informed that the Guardian Council has considered the decision of the government board last night regarding the counting of funds to be against the law.

I saw the reports about the polls; Most of them say that Faeze is the first or second place in Tehran. In the evening, Mr. [Ali] Larijani, [head of the Broadcasting Organization], announced the polling of the Broadcasting Corporation, which says that the community of militant clerics has 48% of votes and the construction workers have 21% of votes; But Shab reported that the new report says that the fighting clerical community is 36% and the construction workers are 37%; was anxious