Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – September 24, 1995

From home, we went to the national meeting of army ground force commanders; They have gathered in rows. Before the ceremony, I visited the Zulfiqar tank and saw its maneuver. The design and construction of Jihad is the ground force's self-sufficiency; It is supposed to produce 100 cars this year. At the summit, we had the anthem and report of the commander of the ground forces and my long speeches on the values ​​of the army and its service and role.

The market regulation headquarters had a meeting. We had a discussion and decision about the needs of metals for the copper and construction industry and how to distribute them, and about the import of butter and the price of cars. In the evening, in the meeting of the government board, there was a discussion about the restoration of the rights of government employees and the necessity of neutrality of the government in the parliamentary elections.

The leader was my guest at night. We talked about [joining] GATT [General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade]; It was decided that the bill will be submitted to the parliament and we will refrain from registration for the time being. Regarding the request of Mr. [Ali] Larijani, [head of the Broadcasting Organization], for the validity of the lease of satellite channels in Europe and Arab countries, it was discussed and it was decided to investigate further to make sure the suitability of the program. They talked about the conditions after me for the presidency. Ayatollah Khamenei suggested that it should be thought that the next administrations will not cause any problems. They presented a plan; We decided to check. They expressed their happiness about my trip to West Azerbaijan and the significant presence of Kurds and Turks, and expressed their satisfaction about publishing part of my memories in the war in today's newspapers. I emphasized that they should also think about organizing their memories - the way Mohsen did about my memories and works. It turned out that he did not write as well and completely as I did.

Mehdi came. He gave the report of his trip to Libya and talked about his talks with [Moammar] Gaddafi, the [Libyan leader] and the smoothening of our cooperation. I came home at night. Mohsen came. He gave the report on how to present the memoirs to the newspapers, most of which have been published today and it has received public attention; He was also praised in the meeting of the government board. Consulted to continue the work; It was supposed to be given in a few days.