Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – October 13, 1993

Dr. [Alireza] Marandi, [Minister of Health, Treatment and Medical Education] came and reported on the trip to Egypt. Then the presidents of the universities of medical sciences and the general directors of health and treatment and their deputies came. The minister reported and I explained the policies to them.

[Mr. Bahram Ghasemi], our new ambassador came to Spain. He gave a report about the conditions there and got an opinion for his behavior. Mr. Seyyed Mahmoud Marashi came and gave a report on the condition of [Ayatollah Seyed Shahabuddin] Marashi library in Qom. He thanked the government for the help and asked for more help. In addition to the construction of their big new library by the government, we provide their current budget. This year, they get sixty million tomans from the government.

Mr. [Mohammedreza] Rahimi, the new governor of Kurdistan, came. He got an opinion about the quality of the meeting and asked for help; It is clear that he will not lead with the representative. Mr. [Ali] Fallahian, [Information Minister] came and gave the report of his trip to Germany; Well, they have not delivered it. Consulted for a trip to China.

In the evening, I attended the meeting of the government board. The report of the Minister of Health on its needs and deficiencies was presented. We discussed the arrest of the accused of German espionage, which was objected to by the ministers; It seems that the officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Information are to blame. We decided to follow up; It is a kind of disturbance in our policy. I worked until half past eight at night and came home.