Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – September 4, 1997

I was at home. Most of the time was spent studying the history and work of the key to the Qur'an. Faiza, Mona and Hassan came. They have returned from a trip to Türkiye and Greece. They praised their sights, which are mostly museums and historical places. They said that in Greece, no attention and importance is given to Plato and Aristotle, and on the contrary, they give a lot of importance to the marathon. The same soldier who brought the news of Greece's victory over Iran in the war with the sultans of Iran before Islam to Greece. He moved for several days in a row without sleep or bread to make his people happy as soon as possible, and after giving the news of victory, he fell and died, which is the record of the marathon running in his name.

It was also reported from Fati that his arrival [from Canada] was delayed due to the inflammation of the appendix of Reza Hashemi, who was with him, which led to surgery. Asr Mohsen and Emad came. He gave the report of his trip to Rafsanjan and said that this year's pistachio crop is less than half due to frost. He is satisfied with the progress of the work of the Rafsanjan cultural, sports and service complex (document center, library and presidential museum). We talked a little about the current situation in the country.

In the evening, we went to the Bank Tejarat club for the marriage ceremony of 200 young couples, which was done with the help of me and the people and the relief committee, with the advertisements of the Panch Sima channel. Mr. [Ali] Larijani, [Chairman of the Broadcasting Organization] and [Reza] Nyeri, [Chairman of the Imam Relief Committee], reported and the artists had happy programs, songs and performances. A couple read an interesting oath. I also talked about the importance and necessity of marriage and facilities. Then I did an interview. We had dinner and came home. Efat and Ashraf [my wife's sister] also came.