Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – May 14, 1995

By eleven o'clock in the morning, I did the work. They took blood again for testing. The last test showed that my blood fat has decreased and is balanced, but the liver secretions are more than allowed, which needs to be tested again.

The market regulation headquarters had a meeting. Regarding the price of export currency and the obligation to return it and the ban on buying and selling currency in other than banks, etc., it was approved; It is an important change. In currency transactions, we had the same discussion in the government meeting in the evening and almost all the approvals of the morning meeting were approved with the priority of exporting producers in consuming their production needs.

I was the guest of Ayatollah Khamenei that night. We discussed the same issue, as well as the formation of the High Advisory Group for Economic Affairs, as well as issues related to the American sanctions. I warned Mr. [Ali] Larijani, [Chairman of the Broadcasting Organization], about avoiding unreasonable extremes about America, which gives them an excuse. He explained about the widespread issue, the questions of the Radio Research Center about the Turks, which caused the anger of the Azerbaijanis, that it was fake and that the main thing was not only specific to the Turks, but similar questions were asked about all the ethnic groups of the country.