Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – February 10, 1991

I arrived at the office at half past seven. I did the rest until nine in the morning. Foreign ambassadors and diplomats came on the occasion of Fajr decade. The ambassador of Spain, as Moghadam Al-Sofra, congratulated them and I spoke in detail about our foreign policy and the Persian Gulf crisis. Everyone came and shook hands. Then I sat with them in the waiting room and we took a group souvenir photo in the courtyard.

Mr. [Abdullah] Nouri, the Minister of the Interior, came. They talked about the budgets of municipalities and their financial needs, due to the increase in gasoline prices, flood issues, and Chabahar's free port. Mr. [Giulio] Andreotti, the Prime Minister of Italy, telephoned and asked about the progress of our mediation work in the war. I said that Mr. Velayati will explain during his trip to Italy.

In the evening, I attended the meeting of the government board. It was agreed with foreign investment in production

Let's agree on housing. I worked in my office until eight in the evening. Mr. Khamenei has gone out of Tehran and we did not have the usual weekly meeting. I came home early. Ashikh Mohammad Hashemian was at home. As usual, he talked about Rafsanjan's situation as well as the dispute with Ashikh Abbas [Pourmohammadi] and expressed his satisfaction with the government's economic policies. Kerman prosecutor also defended Mr. Fallah.

[Mr. Ali Akbar Velayati], our Minister of Foreign Affairs, went to Yugoslavia today to negotiate with the leaders of the Non-Aligned Movement for peace. The Iraqis have asked us to work for an unconditional ceasefire. The Kuwaitis have also asked us not to request a ceasefire without Iraq leaving Kuwait.