Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – April 13, 1992

At eight in the morning, Dr. [Reza] Malekzadeh, [Minister of Health, Treatment and Medical Education] came. Together we went to the opening of Iran Medical Center Hospital. The minister and managers gave work reports and I also spoke. From the departments of laboratory, CT scan, pathology, radiology, ophthalmology, ICU. And we visited CCU. This hospital has six hundred beds with all modern equipment. I emphasized on the development of health insurance for the public and attention to deprived areas.

On the way to my office, I visited the project [Tehran Municipality on] Nawab St. They have expanded the street on both sides, which reaches one hundred meters. I reached my office at eleven in the morning. A veteran student came and asked to travel to Mecca. He also said about the weakness of the management of clerical institutions.

[Mr. Ali Abedzadeh], the president of Asman Airlines. He told the needs of the company and its services and asked for foreign exchange and rent and the use of bigger planes. Mr. Rahmani, the information protection officer of the [Armed Forces] General Staff, came. He said that he was questioned about his work in the past and was fired. expressed doubts about the possibility of continuing to work in this responsibility.

In the evening, the Economic Council had a meeting. They talked about the price of plane fare in the country, the price of sugar, soft drinks, and the distribution of gas pipes. I worked in my office until nine o'clock at night. I told the Ministry of Interior to set the time of the second phase of the elections on May 18. I came home and saw the series "Lighthouse".