Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – April 13, 1993

I woke up at six o'clock and after praying until nine o'clock in the morning, I read the reports and did the work and listened to the news as usual.

Mr. [Masoud Roghani] Zanjani, [Head of the Program and Budget Organization], informed by phone that after the news of yesterday's decision regarding the injection of foreign currency was leaked, the price of free currency decreased, which shows the serious impact of the decision. Mr. [Mohsen] Nourbakhsh, [Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance] and [Mohammed Hossein] Adeli, [Chairman of the Central Bank] came and with explanations, they got permission to lower the ceiling [of selling] cash to individuals from the approved ten thousand dollars to five thousand dollars; I accepted

Mr. Beheshti, the Director General [Foreign Press] of the Ministry of Guidance came and reminded me that before the victory of the revolution, when Haj Sheikh Abul Makram Rabbani was in Ferdows, we had gone there to see his son - Mr. Mahdi Rabbani [Amalshi] - who was exiled in Ferdows, we stayed at his father's house in Mashhad, and after the visits, I took the father from Ferdows to Amalesh in my own car. He talked about the situation of foreign journalists in Iran and the problems that arise in the interference of the Ministry of Information and Foreign Affairs and the interference of duties and asked for permission to coordinate my interview with Time magazine.

Mr. Abulfazl Tawakli Bina, [president's adviser on trade union affairs] came. He complained about the delay of the meeting and gave a warning about the currency. Mr. [Hasan] Shafti, [CEO of Homa Airlines] came. He gave a report on Homa's situation and complained about the delay in meeting my office. They talked about the people involved in the Hajj flights and the dual problems of Homa and the airline organization and the price of foreign tickets.

Mr. [Sidreza] Neyri, Sharia judge of the Revolutionary Court, came. He explained about the policy and method of investigation of properties under the custody and seizure of Taghutians. He hopes to finish the work by the end of this year. He is dissatisfied with the recent changes in the high levels of the judicial system. Regarding the Simorgh company to return it to its owner [= Seyed Mohammad Garami], he asked for an opinion by taking its debt; Because I didn't have enough information, I said that I don't see anything wrong with the action; I recognized him as a knowledgeable, moderate and right-minded person. I postponed the answer until later.

Mr. [Abul Qasim] Khazali, [Ahmed] Janati, [Hossein] Rasti [Kashani], [Mohiuddin] Anwari and [Mohammed Ali] Mohadi Kermani came. In order to activate the investigative commission [Council of Experts] of Article 11 of the Constitution, they consulted to control the sphere of leadership. I gave my comments. They decided to talk to the leadership first. They are worried that it will offend the leadership, and on the other hand, they feel a sense of duty; In addition, they have seen problems in the departments under the leadership, such as the Foundation for the Underprivileged and the Special Clergy Court, etc.

Mr. Khazali applied for the employment of Mr. [Mahmoud] Saneipour. Mr. Anwari asked for help for the expenses of the fighting clerical society and Mr. Janati warned about the moral problem of one of the managers. Mr. Ferdowsi came from Rafsanjan in the evening. He complained about the strictness of the Ministry of Energy regarding water, wells and electricity.

In order to finish the current work and prepare for the trip to Kerman, we closed the meeting of the Supreme Administrative Council. At night, we had a meeting with the deputy ministers at the club of the presidential institution. I spoke to them.