Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – May 9, 1995

[Bill Clinton], the President of the United States, last night issued an order to sanction Iran; Any kind of commercial and service communication and even for US persons and companies and subsidiaries, except for a few unimportant ones. From home, we went to the place of packaging, sales and distribution of protein materials in Tehran Pars. It has made Jihadism. Before the revolution, it was designed by the French and some machinery was imported and recently completed. It has more than 20 hectares of land and 100,000 square meters of buildings and produces 150 tons per day. After unveiling and listening to explanations, we visited different departments.

After listening to the report of [Mr. Gholamreza Farozesh], the Minister of Jihad Construction, about the achievements of Jihad in the production of various proteins, which has saved more than two billion dollars in currency, I gave a speech of gratitude and, referring to all this production in all sectors, I considered the rise in the exchange rate these days to be the result of the conspiracy and abuse of exporters with brokers, and I gave news about the preparations for the government's decision to take drastic action.

From there, we went to the newly established park of Khajovi Kermani at the gate of Ghar; The municipality has built or is building a total of four parks, with an area of ​​about thirty hectares, in that part of Tehran city, which is a great service to that region. After visiting and unveiling and listening to the report, I gave an encouraging speech. Here in the south of Tehran, there were deep pits left over from the furnaces of the hospitals and had become a waste place. Many people gathered around the park. I responded to their feelings. In the report, it was said that eight hundred hectares of green space at the beginning of the program reached fifteen thousand hectares in Tehran, and there are five hundred and seventy parks in the city. Fati and Ali were with me in both programs.

I went to my office. I did the work until the evening. I attended the meeting of the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution for only a few moments. We prepared the resolution of the Expediency Council and it was announced. I saw the program of Russian celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the victory in World War II, which was held with the presence of many world leaders and speeches by important leaders such as Russia, England, China, Georgia and America.