Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – November 16, 1995

I woke up before the morning call to prayer and did not sleep again. In the reports, the conflict between the American government and the Congress over the budget, which led to the closure of a large part of the American offices, is of interest. The Director General of Information [Kurdistan Province] came. He gave a report on the security situation in Kurdistan, which is good. It was reported that yesterday's explosion was caused by a bomb in the hands of a thirteen-year-old teenager, one of whom was killed and he himself was injured and arrested. He says, he saw it somewhere and didn't know what it was, and he went away with it as it exploded.

To participate in the common morning ceremony, we went to the barracks of the 28th army division. I saw The ceremony was held and Sardar [Ahmed] Kazemi spoke and I also had a short speech. Sardar Kazemi, who is the senior commander of the region, and the IRGC has a greater role in creating security. He did not want the ceremony to be in the army barracks, but when he understood that I would like it to be there, he accepted because after Urmia, who was in the army, it was the army's turn; But he complained about the 28th division that it does not put enough forces under the command of the army and thanked the country's minister for his good cooperation.

We flew to Marivan. On the way, [Mr. Mohammadreza Rahimi], the governor gave explanations. We landed in the north of Marivan lake for the operation ceremony of Bilavi plain irrigation project. The Ministry of Agriculture has implemented more than thirty deep wells and one thousand hectares. Then we went to the south of the lake to open the operation of the dam and irrigation canals that keep the lake water from going to waste. Listening to the explanations and visiting and starting the pumps and my short speech was done. Then we went to Marivan. They had a huge community. After the speeches of the Friday imam, the governor and the representative, and listening to the children's song group, I gave a speech. They had a very cheerful and lively community. We had lunch on the lake shore. It is a very clean place: a fresh water lake, surrounded by forests.

After a little rest, we moved to Kamiyaran. We got off next to the exit channel of the Gavishan dam tunnel and watched the tunnel. They have gone three hundred meters and are waiting for the TBM excavator to arrive. We went to the meeting place of Kamiyaran people, which was very huge and enthusiastic. As usual, the children were welcomed by the people's slogans and the girls' songs, and the Friday imam and the governor welcomed me and my encouraging words.

We immediately flew to Sanandaj. We landed at the airport and went to the oil pipeline from Kermanshah to Sanandaj. Mr. [Hujtollah] Ghanimi Fard, [Deputy Oil Minister] explained. We saw 130 km of ten inch pipe and demonstration welding.

The training center of the Ministry of Agriculture was opened. We visited a class. We prayed Maghrib and Isha prayers and went to the pre-university school of the Ministry of Science. I talked to male and female students separately. We broke ground on the Faculty of Basic Sciences in the university and opened a new building. It was built with the help of the governorate. We waited a little while for the meeting to be prepared. In the meantime, they complained about the problem of complaints and pressures against Mr. [Sidihi] Yatharbi, the president of Kurdistan University. It has been said that Hawadar [Ahmed] is Muftizadeh, and he used to deny it with mockery. He considers himself much higher than Muftizadeh. He used to be a student and said a lot of the respect he had for me at that time that I don't remember.

In the governorate, one of the artists brought wooden handicrafts and carpet samples for display. A group of poets and artists of the province performed the Qur'an and Maulvi Khwani and the poems of the praised teacher [Sidabrahim] Sotoudeh. Their chanting is the praise of the Prophet and the Ahl al-Bayt and is similar to the works of Tawashih and the plans of blacksmiths, along with tambourines and circles; It is both interesting and mundane. I also spoke briefly. I came to the headquarters after dinner. After taking a bath and writing today's diary and listening to the news, I fell asleep around twelve o'clock at night.