Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – August 19, 1993

The managers of the headquarters [dealing with the affairs] of Azadegan came. Mr. [Abbas Ali] a lawyer reported. Good things have been done for health, education, employment, meeting needs and providing housing. I also spoke in detail. Before the meeting of Mr. [Syed Mohsen] Yahivi and [Ali Akbar] Abu Torabi,

They asked for help for the economic investment work for Azadegan.

Mr. [Syed Mansour] Razavi, [Secretary General of the Administrative and Employment Affairs Organization of the country] came. He is worried about losing his job and left with hesitation; We agreed to talk later. Mr. Mohammad Javad Hojjati [Kermani] came. We talked about his car, his insurance, his employment, his younger brother's house, the needs of the brotherhood of Mohammad Agha, help to establish the Quran University in Kerman, the costs of Kerman studies, and my biography. He asked for time for Ali Agha.

Mr. [Gulbedin] Hekmatyar, the Prime Minister of Afghanistan came. He asked for help for civil and political affairs as well as the training of specialized forces for various affairs of the country. In private time, he asked for permission for the passage of Afghan fighters to help Azerbaijan and to make more efforts to establish a national unity government in Tajikistan. He said [General Abdul Rashid] Dostum is being supported by the Westerners and is preparing to attack and dominate the country, and he also expressed distrust towards Ahmad Shah Massoud.

[Mr. Ahmad Abdulaziz Al-Saadoun], Speaker of the Kuwaiti Parliament and many companions came. The Emir of Kuwait was invited. I said he should come to Iran first. He thanked us for our positions on the issue of Iraq's aggression by admitting that they were on Iraq's side during Iraq's aggression against Iran, as well as our help in extinguishing the burning oil wells, which caused the inaction of western monopolistic companies. He stressed the important role of Iran in the security of the region, I advised them to cooperate in the oil issue and not to be influenced by Western propaganda about Iran.

Mr. Bahrami Saweh, [one of his former classmates] came. He complained about the strictness of the special [Clergy] court and thanked Mohsen for solving the problem and returned to his work. I helped him. His wife and himself are sick. Mr. [Asadullah] Tajrishi came. He gave a report on the state of the prisons and the problems of lack of space and lack of training for prison guard soldiers who become corrupt due to contact with prisoners, and he reported the death of his brother Morteza who died eight months ago. I was impressed.

Mr. Tabatabai came from refined judges. At the beginning of the revolution, he served a lot, but he was sentenced to deportation and imprisonment due to corruption charges, and currently he has a job as a chicken farmer. He said that the Arab rulers of Khuzestan are gradually gaining power and will corrupt.

Mr. Khaliqpanah came. is a poet He told some of his memories with Mossadegh and [Hossein] Makki. I encouraged him. He had brought a sign. I gave half a coin and a pen.

In the evening, I used the swimming pool and came home. Mr. Adeli informed that the Hong Kong side, which was supposed to give a loan of ten billion dollars, is still taking time. He said not to rush, it will make his situation more difficult.

At night, we had dinner with Faeza and the children, and Yaser and Saeed. In the reports, the occupation of the city of Jersey in Azerbaijan by Armenians is important.