Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – August 28, 1990

Dr. [Ali Akbar] Velaiti, [Minister of Foreign Affairs] and [Ali] Falahian, [Minister of Information] came. They brought up the differences between the two ministries that have arisen due to overlapping duties. Finally, they agreed with my judgement; It was decided that the number of intelligence agents abroad will not be limited, but they will also be approved by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and will be subordinate to the ambassador and receive information and documents on a case-by-case basis.

We were supposed to have a meeting of the Supreme Council of Global Cooperation, which was not held because the members were not invited; My office and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, each thought differently and invited the other. Dr. Habibi, [first vice president], came for current affairs. I started reading reports and watching CNN TV; They spend a lot of time on the issues of Iraq and Kuwait and are worried about their hostages in Iraq.

In the evening, the [village] scholars came. They complained about the Tehran municipality, which announced that it would give arable land to the people as a reward; We decided to deal with it. Mr. [Hadi] Nejad Hosseinian, [Minister of Heavy Industries] came. He reported on his productions and trip to Türkiye and asked for the payment of many debts of the covered companies.

In the evening, the expediency assessment committee for the labor law had a meeting; We made good progress. After the dinner, Mr. [Ahmed] Janati [head of the Islamic Propaganda Organization], complained about the strictness of [Mr. Gholamhossein Karbaschi] the mayor of Tehran regarding the issuance of the license for the central building of the Islamic Propaganda Organization. I stayed in my office at night.