Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – November 26, 1997

After the morning prayer - immediately after the call to prayer - we went from Gulab Dara to the mountain. This time, after leaving a part of the valley, we turned towards the green valley on the left. It has many interesting waterfalls, springs and trees. I named the path of the waterfall and next to it, I wrote the name with magic; Waterfalls of flowers, roses and perfume.

At high altitudes, the snow covered the ground and it was very beautiful. The herd of Quebec also made the scene more interesting by singing, jumping and walking. Finally, we made our way to Kolakchal and went down from there. The path to Kolak Chal was covered with snow and slippery. It took about three hours round trip.

I came home I took a bath. I had breakfast and went to the office; I arrived a quarter of an hour late. Mr. [Ismail] Shushtri, the Minister of Justice, came. The inspection process of the municipalities reported in the court that they have acted with Mr. [Hadi] Maravi on behalf of the president and have concluded that the action of [Mr. Mohammad Reza Naqdi, the head] of information protection [police force] and the way of arrest and trial and detention in prison and propaganda are against the regulations and normal procedure. They have also reported to the leadership, but so far they have not seen any effect in the leadership's comments to improve the situation. He also expressed his concern about the negative effects of the government's inattention to investment, construction and employment, which raised the issue of windfall wealth, and kept the private sector away from investment, and the bad conditions of the current issues and the actions of Mr. Montazeri and Azari [Qami] and the reactions.

Mr. [Gholamreza] Sahraiyan, the governor of Fars, came. He criticized the stagnation of some construction projects in the province, including the Shiraz to Persepolis railway, the refrigerator engine factory, the water drainage project in the south of Shiraz, etc. He asked me to put his badge on his chest and take a picture; We were supposed to show it in a trip to Kermanshah during my presidency, but it was not done.

Mr. [Mehdi] Karbasian, the head [general] of customs came. He thanked me for my support during the presidency of the Social Security Organization and consulted about his new job, the Customs Department, and expressed concern about the policies of the new Social Security Administration.

Mr. [Ali Bakhsh] Jahanbakhsh, the former governor of Sistan and Baluchistan came. He gave explanations of the exploration program of gold mines in a new way there. He referred to the decision of the case that was prepared for him in the Court of Accounts regarding the consumption of the income of the border bazaars.

In the evening Mr. [Mohammedreza] Ayatollahi, the governor of Tehran came. Because of his former job, he explained about uranium mines, including Sagand and Anark mines. He talked about the fight against smuggling and the problem of beggars in Tehran and the situation of prisoners.

Dr. [Mohammed Ali] Hadi [Najafabadi] came. He expressed his concern about the situation that has arisen after Ayatollah Montazeri's statements and asked me to help to remove the chaos. He insisted that I go to parliament [in the upcoming elections] to play a more effective role in managing the country, which is currently in a bad situation.

In the evening, Kazem [Morashi] reported from BBC radio that he had divisive analyzes with the presentation of the contents of today's speech by the leader of the Basij, referring to his threat to pursue the crimes of Mr. Montazeri and Mr. Azari [Qami].