Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – April 9, 1992

Mr. [Ali Mohammad] Nooryan, [Chief of the Civil Aviation Organization] came. The report on the status of the airport and proposals for the construction of Imam Khomeini International Airport and the training of Sudanese pilots and the construction of hotels in airports and the income of advertising boards and the meteorological conference in Iran and the dispute with [Mr. Mohammad Saeedi Kia], Minister of [Roads and Transportation] and Mr. [Hassan] Shefti, [CEO of Homa Airlines Company], said some things. He appealed to Imam Khomeini for permission to finance the airport.

Mr. [Mohsen] Kongerlu came and asked for help for the work; I agreed and told him to return a sum of foreign currency - three hundred and eight thousand dollars - which was transferred abroad during the war.

The new ambassador of Iran in Colombia came to get an opinion and say goodbye. Mr. [Jalil] Basharti, [head of the underprivileged areas office of the presidential institution] came and received permission for dozens of small projects in the amount of two and a half billion rials for the affairs of underprivileged areas. I gave an interview about the elections.

I had a telephone conversation with [Mr. Abdullah Nouri], the Minister of the Interior, about election issues and with [Mr. Ali Fallahian], the Minister of Information, for the visit of the United Nations officials to the traces of the evil of the hypocrites.

Dr. [Hasan] Habibi came. The remarks of an expert on the policy of dealing with Azerbaijan's issues were expressed in order to control ethnic sentiments. Discussions were held about the current issues and the preparation of the embassies of the newly established Islamic countries in the north, as well as the elections. I worked until six in the evening and came home. I walked a bit in the yard. is small; I have to go around a lot.