Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – December 21, 1989

I woke up at half past six in the morning and worked until nine. Mr. Amini came. He gave the report of the trip to Africa and recommended to give more value to Africa with cultural and educational mobility in front of the church and Wahhabis, buying African goods and carrying out concrete construction works by Jihad.

Mr. [Javad] Mansoori came to Pakistan to say goodbye and travel. I emphasized on strengthening relations and further cooperation in the fight against drugs and criminals.

Mr. [Mohammed Mohammadi] Ray Shahri [General Prosecutor of the country] came. He spoke about the weakness of the judiciary and had questions about government punishments. He talked about the problems of the Ministry of Information in Mr. Fallahian's ministry and asked for its strengthening.

I told Mr. [Mortaza] Mohammad Khan [Chief General of Customs] not to disturb the female passengers at the airport who carry normal jewelry; Usually strictness becomes unhelpful. I told Mr. [Akbar] Turkan [Minister of Defense] to take action for missile cooperation with Romania. I told [Mr. Gholamreza Aghazadeh] the oil minister not to forget the transfer of technology when buying a drilling machine. He informed that the fire of the Khark oil tanker in the Atlantic Ocean has been contained.

In the evening, Mr. [Ali] Shahbazi came for army affairs. Mr. [Ali Akbar] Natiq Nouri, the person in charge of the inspection of the leadership office, came and gave an inspection report on the case of the editors and government punishments. I worked until half past seven. I came home Tonight is New Year's Eve and the children are gathered.