Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – November 19, 1991

I stayed at home until 9:30 in the morning and then we went to Sadasima [conference hall] with my family to participate in UNCTAD conference. There, Mr. [Abd al-Hossein] Wahaji explained and then the board of directors came to the room to welcome me and we went to the meeting hall together.

Minister Kobayi, the former head of UNCTAD, welcomed me and I gave the opening speech; Contrary to the habit, I read from the writing; It was difficult for me, but all in all, it is more reliable than speaking without writing, which is a problem in such gatherings.

Then I sat for twenty minutes and listened to the words of the secretary of the meeting and the chairman. They breathed to send me away. I visited different parts of the halls. It is very well equipped and interesting. Then I visited the location of the conference halls in the building, in the basement of the same building; There is still a lot to do.

I reached my office at noon. Prayers, office work, lunch and rest were done. Eft and Mohsen came in the evening. Efat, who had gone to the market, told about the abundance of goods and the crowdedness of the market. Mohsen brought the inspection report to solve the cement problem.

One of the members of the Revolutionary Prosecutor's Office came. He said about the game line in the Ministry of Information by some elements. Mr. [Abdullah] Nazari came from the scholars of Mazandaran. He expressed his loyalty and interest to the government and suggested the reform of affairs and adjustments in the Ministry of Interior.

The Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution had a meeting at night. In this meeting, the bylaws of Islamic organizations in universities were completed, and the discussion about the transfer of Tehran University outside the city was left unfinished, and the [appointment] of the president of Tarbiat Modares University was approved.

Dr. Sarsham Velayati gave the report of his trip to Greece and said that Libya complains about Iran for helping to free the western hostages, without using it to reduce the pressure on Libya. Consulted about traveling to Sudan and Saudi Arabia.