Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – May 8, 1993

At eight o'clock in the morning, we drove to the Red Crescent Syringe Factory, located on the Karaj-Qazvin highway. We arrived at nine in the morning. Mrs. Dr. Habibi and Dr. Eliyasi explained. Then we visited the factory. It is neat, clean and modern and with the capacity to produce one million syringes per day, it works in two shifts and has the possibility of producing up to five hundred million syringes per year.

The speed of action in its construction and start-up and the management of Mrs. Habibi [Shafike Rahideh=] is interesting. In the group of managers, we listened to the report of Dr. Vahid Dastjardi, [Head of the Red Crescent Organization] and Mrs. Habibi, [CEO of Syringesazi Company] and watched the video of the progress of the work. The production of this factory is more than the level of domestic consumption and we can export. I also conducted an interview and we had some discussions with the managers about the work needs and the problem of the lack of head, etc.

I returned to my office. I reached the office at noon. Mr. Ahmed Tawakli came. He explained about the reason for his nomination and discussed the way of advertising. I encouraged him for helping to make the elections more serious and the possibility of contesting.

In the evening, a group of MPs came. applied for more subsidies to the agricultural sector; It was decided to investigate and help them as much as the single rate of the currency has imposed on them. It seems that the aid provided is not less than the expenses. We decided to have the same policy in the second plan.

The Supreme National Security Council had a meeting. Decisions were made about Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Egypt and the European Community. I worked until midnight and came home.