Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – October 5, 1991

After the morning prayer, I saw domestic and foreign reports, listened to the news, wrote down yesterday's memories, and had breakfast alone in my room: Sarshir and good Ardabil honey.

We flew to Meshkin Shahr with helicopters. With the enthusiastic and broad welcome of the people, we appeared at the city stadium in the public gathering. Like in other places, we were faced with many sacrifices and many slogans. In the stadium, I spoke to a large crowd of men and women and listened to the governor and the representative of the city. We immediately flew to Varzeghan. Our route was mostly along Aharchai [Ahar River]. desert and good pastures that are usually rainfed; It is also mechanized and mobility is seen in production.

In Varzeghan, the district head and the representative of the district spoke and I spoke. We returned to the city of Ahar. On the street and in the stadium, a large crowd had come to welcome and celebrate. The feelings were very warm. The region is deprived and the people have many demands for construction and services; They are patient and faithful and on stage. The state of women's hijab is very good, and there are very few moral deviations, and the clergy are also active. Many placards were seen in the hands of young people who wanted university.

The representative of the city, the governor, and the imam of Juma gave a welcome and presented the demands of the city and the region. Then I gave a speech.

After prayer, lunch and rest in the governorate, we flew to Songun copper mine. In the heights of the towering mountains west of Ahar, north of Varzeghan and southwest of Kalibar, the helicopters found the place with difficulty. We sat on top of the mountain and Farsi engineer Nia, managing director of Mes Ahar, from Rafsanjan, explained the exploratory measures. We visited a tunnel under construction. They hope that one billion tons of copper ore with one carat will be discovered and the condition will be similar to that of Sarcheshme copper. Consultants

Canadians have cooperation.

The people of Ahar region have high hopes for these mines and it definitely has a great impact on the economic development of the region. In the past, the Russians and the English used to harvest from a corner of these mines, both during the construction period and during the exploitation period and its side industries, and the same small mine will be exploited soon. It seems that the carat is 20. Persian engineer Nia claimed that the belt of copper mines is wide from east to west of Iran. About three hundred copper deposits, the richest of which is around Ahar.

We flew there by helicopter. On the way, we saw rain and hail in the sky. From the same space and in the helicopter, we opened the call center with a thousand numbers. We landed in Kalibar [- the center of Arsbaran region or Qara Dagh-].

The reception was warm and enthusiastic. The governor and the representative of the city welcomed and reported. I spoke briefly. Next to the city, on top of the peak, we saw Babak Khorramdin Castle. The governor explained. Late in the evening, we flew to Moghan Plain. Helicopters were flying at high speed. In the west, we sat in the cultivation of the land. We had dinner with the managers there. They thanked us for our presence and I encouraged them.