Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – October 10, 1993

I woke up with the call to prayer in the morning and did not sleep again. The bed was not good and I did not sleep well at night. We flew to the place of Shahid Yaqoubi dam. It is made by Sabir company. They explained. We visited the work progress. The speed of action is good. If we increase the credits, it will be completed earlier. The design, execution and materials are all Iranian. People from the surrounding villages had gathered. I spoke to them.

We went to the grocery store. It was not in the plan, but since they are Shia and it is possible that going to Khaf and not going there would have an adverse effect on them, I accepted. [Mr. Habibullah Habibi], representative of the city of Khairmoghaddam said, and I spoke about the policy of removing deprivation.

We flew to Kashmir. The representative of the city explained on the way. A huge crowd gathered in the stadium and the streets were full of people. Most of the students were kept in the street. Imam Juma and the representative of the city spoke and presented their demands. I also spoke in detail about the acceptance of demands and an analysis of the struggles of the late [Syed Hassan] Modares and its results.

We went to the shrine of Martyr Modares. In the street, we were faced with passionate feelings of people. We visited the graves of martyrs and teachers and visited the exhibition of jihad-making carpets in the mosque of the city. On our way to the location of the helicopters, we encountered traffic jams, which caused a delay in the afternoon programs.

At half past two in the afternoon, we landed at the "Gol Malekan" camp in the northwest of Mashhad. We had prayer, lunch, and listening to the contents of the governor, Friday imam, and Chenaran's representative, regarding the problems that Chenaran has with Astan Quds due to the fact that its lands are endowed, and we heard the needs of the city. The manager of the new city of Golbahar said about the stagnation of his work and the lack of buyers for land and houses.

We flew to Chanaran. We landed next to the stadium, which was full of people. Qur'an, hymns, and the general welcome of Friday Imam and a short speech that I shortened to reach the next program. We flew to the site of the Mashhad-Sarkhes railway project. They had a ceremony. Because the evening was near and the helicopters could not fly, we quickly opened the rail laying program and visited the five kilometers of the built line and the quality of the ballasting and the workshops.

Near Maghrib, we flew to Mashhad airport in twilight weather. We arrived after the call to prayer. After resting at the residence, I took a shower and wrote down the interview questions. Chastity also came. Then we went to the holy shrine for the dusting ceremony and emptying the money of the holy shrine. The men had already done it themselves and I helped to clean the dust inside the shrine. I prayed two rakat inside the shrine and came out.

Due to the impossibility of cleaning the space between the two shrines, a lot of cockroaches and other insects had gathered, which was unbearable for me. I told Mr. Tabasi to fix the shrine for the future; It turned out that there is doubt in changing the shrine, which I emphasized a lot on not doubting.

After dinner, there was a radio and television interview for the results of my trip. Then there was a discussion and understanding with Mr. Tabasi about solving the problems of Chenaran city. Mr. Ghori asked for the expenses around the shrine.