Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – October 24, 1989

I woke up from the cold around 3:30 in the morning and couldn't sleep anymore. Chastity arrived at half past five. They had gone on a trip to China with Mohsen. I came to my office at half past eight in the morning. The backlog was completed. Some truck drivers and garage owners came. They talked about transportation problems and problems in the working methods of the Ministry of Roads, cheap tariffs, lack of parts, unrealistic policies, etc. and expressed their readiness to cooperate.

Mr. Jalil Besharti came. It was discussed about his own responsibility [office for dealing with deprived areas of the presidential institution] and control of Salam Sob Bekhir radio program. Mr. [Gholamohsin] Jami Imam came to Abadan on Friday. He said the needs of rebuilding Abadan, lack of credit and lack of materials and water salinity in Bahmanshir; I paid an amount to solve the problems there.

Mr. [Syed Mohammad Ali Mousavi] Jazayeri, the Friday imam of Ahvaz, came and complained to [Mr. Mohsen Mirdamadi] the governor [of Khuzestan] and demanded a replacement. Mr. [Abulfazl] Tawakuli Bina [Advisor to the President on Guild Affairs] came and talked about the demands of the Khabaz [= baker] guild, not spending time on baking and the severity of punishments, etc., and also about the problems of other guilds; I promised to solve the problem.

Mr. [Mohsen] Noorbakhsh and Mr. [Mohammed Hossein] Adeli received permission over the phone to lower the free exchange rate from 100 tomans to 96 tomans. Mr. Hassan Saneyi [head of 15 Khordad Foundation] came. They talked about the dam on June 15. It was decided to pay thirteen billion Rials. The government will pay the rest.

Dr. Rouhani came in the evening. Consulted on the formation of the Supreme National Security Council. Chastity came; He has taken refuge here from the coldness of the house. In the evening, the Expediency Council had a meeting.