Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – May 17, 1993

I woke up at dawn with a fever. I slept a little after the prayer. I did the office work until nine o'clock in the morning and went to Tehran University for the opening of the advanced scientific and technological congress. The preliminary ceremony and speeches, but long, by Mr. [Mohammed] Rahimian, [President of Tehran University] and Mr. [Mustafa] Moin, [Minister of Culture and Higher Education] and Mr. [Ali] Shariatmadari, [Member of the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution] and then my opening speech was held. The high presidency of the Congress is with me. Then I returned to the office.

Mr. [Hossein] Kazempour [Ardebili] came and gave a report on OPEC and Japan and presented analyses; cooked and uncooked Those involved in the state emblems came. They presented the badges made and the names proposed by the ministers to receive the badge. The names did not seem suitable to me. I told them to wait until we prepare another way to select the worthy people.

In the evening, Dr. Noorbakhsh came and brought the message of the radical group of the parliament regarding my support; I gave an explanation. I participated in the Economic Council and Note 52 was left unfinished with the discussion and we approved the radio and television policies for the second plan.

I had a fever, I went back to the office early. Dr. [Reza] Malekzadeh and Dr. [Hamid] Sohrabpour came and injected penicillin and took a sample for culture from the infection of the tonsils and ordered to rest.

They had sent the final samples of the Qur'an key project from Qom. They asked for an opinion for the next reference; So far so good. I came home at night. I wrote the memories of three days and ate dinner and slept. In the reports, the beginning of low-progress campaigning for the elections in Iran is of interest; Only Mr. [Ahmad] Tawakli has low-quality advertisements, as well as the publication of a very detailed and enlightening interview in America's Time magazine and its summary on the radio.