Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – November 27, 1996

In the morning, we went from home to Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences for the graduation ceremony. After the report of Dr. [Alireza] Marandi, [Minister of Health, Treatment and Medical Education] and Dr. [Syed Mahmoud] Tabatabai, [President of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences] and the representative of Faqih, and the reading of the oaths and the awarding of distinguished awards, I spoke about the progress of health and medicine and the desirability of the index and the good implementation of public insurance.

I went to my office. [Mr. Ali Bakhsh Jahanbakhsh], the governor of Sistan and Baluchistan, came and gave a report on the situation and the problem of non-implementation of the resolution of border markets and lack of fuel and the like. In order to solve the problems, he relied on the establishment of drainage and sewage plans and the semi-Zabul well and the transfer of water from Zabul to Zahedan. I asked about the progress of the shrimp breeding plan and the preparation of fisheries infrastructure.

It was noon in my office. Asr Salmani came for correction. The Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution had a meeting at night. Fati's membership in the Women's Social Council was approved and the secondary education plan was completed with amendments. I sent the letter and message that I had prepared for Mr. Kohl to Ayatollah Khamenei for consultation. They approved it with minor amendments. At night, they informed that Amirza Ahmad Hashemi, our son-in-law, has passed away in Rafsanjan. I gave my condolences to Fatimah's sister on the phone. They were supposed to be buried in Nog. He has been sick for some time.