Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – November 28, 1988

At 9:30 in the morning, I went to the President's headquarters to participate in the Reconstruction Council meeting. He was not the prime minister. He has gone to Gorgan. There was some discussion about the state of the government and current policies and solutions. Then, in the presence of Mr. [Abdul Hossein] Wahaji [head of the Ministry of Commerce], we talked about the arrival of goods. It was suggested that the central bank for

To prevent the currency from becoming expensive, to inject it into the currency market. After the announcement of the permission to import goods from abroad, the price of the currency is increasing rapidly. It is also requested to allow the opening of exchange offices. The second stage was scheduled to be done with a week delay.

Mr. Khamenei went to Karaj to participate in the ceremony of the 10th division of Seyyed al-Shahada. Mr. [Mousavi] Ardabili and I had a discussion. He stated that he was tired of his job and was upset with the problems of council work and few powers and lack of strong approval from the imam. He considers the continuation of the work in a favorable manner conditional on more authority and the explicit approval of the Imam. He insisted that I accept the nomination in the presidential election. I went to my office and did the work till two o'clock in the afternoon.

In the evening, Mr. [Mustafa] Torabi [Army Intelligence Protection Commander] came. He brought the report of the explosion and complained to the general staff. Mr. [Syed Hassan] Firouzabadi bitterly complained over the phone about the report of the special inspection, which did not find him blameless in the course of the officer's conduct. Mr. [Ali] Razini came. He gave a report on the work of the judicial organization of the armed forces and the officers' case. I said that the defendants are not kept in custody for long. complete the interrogation until the trial and release them. Mr. [Mustafa] Ardestani, the deputy of Mr. [Mansour] Sattari [Commander of the Air Force] came. He justified establishing a relationship with America and provided an analysis for his opinion. Mr. [Mohammed Javad] Irvani [Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance] came; He is going to the Soviet Union. Consulted about negotiations and negotiated issues. I told them to get to the problems of the barges in Bushehr Customs and import foreign currency into the market.

[Mr. Gholamreza] Aghazadeh [Oil Minister] came. He made suggestions to sell state-owned factories to the private sector and allow the entry of non-essential goods to the private sector and to put mining as the focus of economic development, and announced that Saudi Arabia has taken back its words about the price of oil and set the price at 18 dollars. I worked in my office until half past eight and then I came home.