Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – August 14, 1993

I had a cold and a slight fever. Chastity went to Mashhad. He had a cold like me. The new ambassador of the Philippines and the new ambassador of Afghanistan arrived. We had the usual ceremonies and questions and answers about the state of their country. The Philippine ambassador talked about the problems caused by the presence of American military bases, as well as the damage caused by their closure in the short term and the damage caused by volcanoes. The Afghan ambassador, who was a representative of the Islamic Jamiat in Iran during the Jihad period, knew Persian very well and was fully familiar with the realities of Iran. He seemed to me to be a dominating and enterprising person.

Mr. [Sidreza] Zavara came. Apparently, he thanked us for not introducing him as the Minister of Interior. I said that the parliament did not accept him in the informal voting. As usual, he criticized the Program and Budget Organization and the Ministry of Economy.

Mr. [Ali Asghar] Baghani, [representative of the jurist at Shahid Beheshti University] came. He applied for Imran Sabzevar and also participated in the ceremony of Shahid Beheshti University on December 27. He complained of sore throat. Faze came and asked for help for women's sports.

The Supreme National Security Council had a meeting. It was about the issues of Iraq, Lebanon and the issue of Chinese ships. The Americans claim that there are chemical substances that can be used in chemical weapons for Iran. The Chinese have asked us not to interfere and they will solve it themselves. We accepted. It was decided to delay the second Palestinian conference. I stayed in my office at night, I had a little fever. I slept with Moskan.