Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – November 29, 1996

Last night I had terrible dreams and did not sleep well. Efat went to the airport early in the morning to travel to Nouq to participate in the death ceremony of the late Aghamirza Ahmad. The governor, Imam Juma, representatives and mayor came to Bojnoord. They thanked me for the construction of the country, especially Bojnord, and they asked me for the construction of a mosque and school for students and Azadrah, by approving duties on cement and chemical fertilizers in Bojnord, and for the construction of another dam on Atrak [River]. Mr. [Qorban Ali] Dori Najafabadi, [Chairman of the Parliament's Program and Budget Commission] came and reported on his trip to Finland, Ireland and Spain. We talked about the budget and the poverty alleviation bill.

[Mr. Habib Ben Yahya], Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tunisia came. For the first time after the revolution, they are traveling to Iran at this level. The message of Mr. [Zain al-Abidin] bin Ali, the president, expressed his will to develop cooperation with Iran and joint efforts to promote Islam. Previously, they did not have an Islamic position because of the strong Islamic opposition inside Tunisia, and they were against us because of our relationship with the fighting Muslims and their leader Mr. [Rashid] Ghannoushi. called for the formation of a joint commission; I also welcomed

Mr. [Mohammadreza] Fakir, [Mashhad representative] came. He complained about the negative treatment of Mr. Natiq [Nuri, Speaker of the Majlis] and his friends in the Majlis. He asked me to recommend for cooperation and asked for a printing house for the publications of the Madrasin community [Qom seminary] and the division of Khorasan province.

The central council of Hezbollah of Lebanon came. Mr. Hassan Nasrallah, [Secretary General of the Hezbollah movement] reported the situation; Establishing Jihad in the south and parliamentary elections and relations with Syria and establishing weapons and propaganda facilities and cooperation with Germany; They are all in the best condition. They thank Iran. He asked for help for agricultural development in southern Lebanon.

I came home and mostly corrected the memoirs [of the period of] the struggle and [the book of Hashemi and] the Revolution for publication. From Germany, Mr. [Syed Hossein] Mousavian, [Iranian Ambassador in Berlin], informed that Mr. Kohl requested that we refrain from publishing the text of the response letter that we sent yesterday; I accepted A part of it was supposed to be published earlier.