Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – October 15, 1990

I reached my office at half past seven. I did the backlog until nine in the morning. Mr. [Ahmed] Zamanian, the representative of Nahavand, came. After the speech before his order, he explained the story of the conflicts in the Majlis and asked for help.

Mr. [Sidjalil] Sidzadeh, representative of Bakhtran [= Kermanshah] came. He said the state of the province. He expressed his satisfaction with the results of the elections of the Assembly of Experts and asked for help for the sports and cultural affairs of the province. [Mr. Manouchehr Kilimi Nikrouz], the representative of the Kilimians, came with the Jewish rabbi. They asked for the facilitation of foreign travel of Jews and the closing of the Sabbath and school of the Kalimis, and they brought aid for the earthquake.

Mr. [Bijan Namdar] Zanganeh, [Minister of Energy], came for water issues. Dr. Hashemi [Golpaigani] came for the program of the Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution. Mr. Abbasi came and brought a small digital radio as a travel souvenir. In the afternoon and in the evening, I updated the backlogs of the last two days.

Dr. Velayati, [Minister of Foreign Affairs], sought permission over the phone for Mr. [Mohammed Kazem] Khansari to be Iran's ambassador to Iraq and not the temporary chargé d'affaires. Mr. [Attaullah] Mahajrani, [Legal and Parliamentary Deputy of the President] came. He suggested that in order to reduce the differences, Mr. Karroubi should be appeased in connection with the elections of the Assembly of Experts.

In the evening, the Economic Council had a meeting. We raised the price of copper; It is extremely cheap, which has led to the spread of its smuggling abroad. Also, the guaranteed price of buying olives and the price of production trucks were determined. I came home at night.