Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – December 28, 1992

[Mr. Ahmed Pishbin], the representative of Baft, came. He asked for help for Imran Buffett and requested that I go to Buffett during my trip to Kerman. I accepted

Mr. Haj Akhund and two representatives of Bakhtar came. In order to replace some of the remaining governors, they appealed to the appointees of the former governor and asked for help to complete the school. They suggested that we strengthen the Ahl al-Haq to stay in their region, which is among the Sunni regions, in order to prevent further influence of Wahhabi supporters. They were worried about disturbing the previous balance of clans in the west of the province and asked for help to compensate for the backwardness of the province's development since the war.

The Azerbaijani delegation was supposed to arrive tomorrow. The formalities of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had taken a wrong time. Mr. [Syed Mohammad Bagher] Mahdavi, [Ali] Motahari, [Ali] Zadsar and [Syed Ahmed] Hosseini Sirjani came from the representatives of Kerman province. They complained to the governor that he ignored their line.

In the evening, Mr. Dr. [Hasan] Habibi, [First Vice President] and [Mahmoud] Vaezi, [Deputy for Europe and America of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs] came and said that the Azerbaijani delegation is very comprehensive and broad and has many powers, and they claim that they have completely changed their policy and want to give priority to Iran in foreign relations, and they are complaining about Türkiye, America and Russia. They want us to give them weapons. I gave instructions to continue negotiations and find out the reason for this change and test their honesty.

The Economic Council had a meeting. More work was done to complete the previous approvals. We discussed the trip to Najafabad and the delegation of the Republic of Azerbaijan on the phone with the leadership.