Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – December 30, 1992

[Mr. Ali Abdul Alizadeh], the Governor of East Azerbaijan came. He gave a report on the exchanges between us and Azerbaijan and our assistance to Nakhchivan and raised the situation of the province and the demands. Our new ambassadors came to Venezuela, Morocco and Qatar and got opinions for the country they are assigned to and the policies they want.

Mr. [Syed Mohammad Baqer] Kharazi, the head of Hezbollah in Qom, came. He gave a report of his activities and their organizations and methods of work and somehow justified some of the extremists that he thinks I do not agree with, and brought their publications and asked them to have regular communication to regulate their actions with my opinion. I did not promise regular communication. I told them to take time whenever they needed. I advised them not to act against logic.

[Mr. Gholamreza Aghazadeh], the oil minister came. He asked for an opinion about our oil pre-purchase proposals. The Supreme Youth Council had a meeting. The description of the duties of the commissions and the age limits of the youth were in the order. I did the work in the evening until the evening. In the meeting of the government board, the tariff of imported goods was discussed based on the floating exchange rate.

[Mr. Turgut Özal], the president of Turkey, called me on the phone and asked me to participate in the limited meeting of the heads of important Islamic countries in Dhaka, which is being held for the issues of Bosnia and Palestine and the Babri Mosque; I postponed the answer for consideration. I consulted with the leadership over the phone and with the government delegation; The Ministry of Foreign Affairs decided to investigate.