Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – April 3, 1994

From nine in the morning to five in the afternoon, I did office work. Dr. [Mohammed Hossein] Adeli, [Riskal Central Bank] came. He gave the report of the negotiations about the arrears of several countries and the report of the trip to Bahrain and the monetary cooperation decisions. Mr. [Mortaza] Mohammad Khan, [Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance], complained about the lack of coordination. The revival of the province bank was discussed; He does not agree and believes that credit institutions that will start working soon will fill its empty space.

[Mr. Gholamreza Aghazadeh], the oil minister came. They talked about the trip to Turkmenistan in connection with their gas pipeline. Negotiations were held about Abadan and Hormozgan refineries and the issue of [oil sales in the form of] CIF, FOB and purchase of products.

[Mr. Ali Sufi], the governor of Kohkiloye and Boyer Ahmad came. He made suggestions about the development of handicrafts, pastures, animal husbandry, agriculture, roads in the province, and day and night schools, and requested to speed up my trip.

Mr. [Reza] Amrollahi, [Chairman of the Atomic Energy Organization], [Masoud Roghani] Zanjani, [Chairman of the Program and Budget Organization] and [Mohammed Hossein] Adli, [Chairman of Central Bank] came. There was a discussion about the purchase of a nuclear power plant from China; It was decided to follow up.

The governor of Qom came and thanked for the important projects of Panzdeh Khordad dam, power plant, sewerage, etc. In the evening, the government board had a meeting. We completed the regulations on import tariffs and heard the performance report of the agriculture sector.

I was the guest of Ayatollah Khamenei last night. We discussed about our Nowruz trips, Tehran mosque, the need to control prices, foreign exchange expenses, Hajj issues, OPEC and Saudi harassment, my book of interpretation of the guide and other issues.