Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – October 29, 1992

Dr. [Abbas] Shibani came. He asked me to solve his problem with Tehran Municipality and Ministry of Health. The members of the board of directors of the center of judicial experts came. They gave the work report and how to select the expert and the amount of the fee and requested to use them in seminars and congresses.

Mr. [Sidkamal] Kharazi, [Permanent Representative of Iran to the United Nations] came. He reported on the performance in New York and had useless suggestions to deal with the pressures of human rights claimants. [Mr. Chin Ji Wei], the Chinese Minister of Defense came. The negotiations were general. I warned about the granting of credits and the technology of long-range missiles.

Mr. [Abdullah] Nouri, incoming minister. reported the work of the anti-narcotics commission meeting; He is very satisfied. He complained about the pressures of parliamentarians and extremist holy men.

In the evening, I went to the airport to welcome [Mr. Ali Izat Begovic], the president of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He arrived from the UAE on an Emirates plane at five in the afternoon. The ceremony and interview were done. Together we went to the Quds residence in Aqdasiyeh. On the way, I asked many questions about their war, the condition of their people, their weapons, their facilities, their needs, and the help of others.

At nine o'clock in the evening, we had official negotiations at the study center of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Their goal was to get cash aid, that too with high figures, but we expressed our readiness to help with weapons, fuel and food. The problem is how to send. It has to go through the Croats and they also cause problems and usually take half of the aid for themselves.

For dinner, we went to the Aqdasiya residence. At the dinner table, I asked many questions; They claim that they have killed around 100 thousand and that more than this number of Serbs have been killed, which does not seem correct considering the alleged number of injured. They also have a political problem. Their presidential term will end in two months, without knowing what will happen after that. There is talk of dividing Bosnia and Herzegovina into several cantons.