Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – February 14, 1993

After praying and writing part of yesterday's memories and having breakfast, I went to the naval base and we flew to Deir with Nadaja helicopters. We were welcomed enthusiastically in the magnificent community of the people.

With many sacrifices on the way and the speech of their Friday imam in Khair Moghaddam and plan

Demands, I spoke briefly and promised to pay attention to the demands. We immediately flew to Kangan. There is competition between Deir and Kangan and we had to go to both cities even though they are close to each other. Kangan community was much wider. Sunnis are also there and they participated. Their good work was that they had reserved the side of the meeting place for helicopters to land, and we reached the meeting without delay. I also gave a warm and encouraging speech and encouraged Shia and Sunni unity and promised more help and development. Their livelihood is more than fishing and farming.

We immediately flew to Veli Asr Kangan Refinery to take advantage of the second phase under construction of Kangan gas, which is 45 million cubic meters of gas. It was also raining lightly. Mr. [Asadullah] Salehi Faroz, [CEO of National Gas Company] and project manager explained. They are late and they want to blame heavy industries for having problems in transporting heavy parts to the refinery.

We visited the plan. Fortunately, they have made important parts inside and the design is done by the Iranians themselves. It seems that in the future the design, execution and major construction can be done inside. After prayer and lunch, we left for Khormouj plain. It was decided that they will give Deir and Kangan from the surplus electricity of the refinery, and a dam will be designed and built with my help to control the current waters of the region.

In Khormoj, the reception and community was very good. I also spoke warmly. They have many priests. [Mr. Dashti], Imam Juma and the representative also had a short talk. We immediately went to Ahram Center of Tungsten; It has very cool people. The scenes of the defense of the Tungistan people against the British and the bravery of Ali Delwari are an inspiration to them and they are proud of it. The daughter of the head of Ali [Delwari] came and kissed my hand through her robe. She is an old woman. I caressed him.

In their ceremony, an armed group performed an interesting art ceremony with the pose of their historical warriors. I clapped along with them, which was contrary to their expectations and received great attention; They had a happy and cool gathering and I had a warm talk after the speech of their Friday imam.

From there, we went by car to the opening of Muharram project near Ahram. There were also villagers. They reported and I encouraged them. It is an important plan. Originally, this pipeline was designed during the war to transport oil from Gore to Jask; Because the ships carrying oil were sinking in the sea, we had to ensure the security of the exported oil. It had reached this area when the war ended and the project was stopped, and now it is used to transfer water to the coasts of the province and provides water to all the villages.

We flew to Bushehr in the evening. We were supposed to land at the place of the industrial exhibition, but we couldn't because of the darkness of the night. We landed in Hawa Darya and then went to the exhibition. I played the exhibition for two or three hours. It was not bad, but I was very tired. Special industries of Sepah and Nadaja took a lot of time.

We went to Bushehr nuclear power plant late. We heard a short report. With a short speech, I emphasized the decision to complete the work. I visited warehouses and parts by car. Mr. [Reza] Amrollahi, [head of the Atomic Energy Organization], informed that the Russians announced their readiness to complete the power plant at a good price after an investigation.

I arrived late at the governor's office. Dinner, bathing and sleeping after receiving the news at twelve o'clock at night; They informed that an oil well in Khuzestan caught fire as a result of the explosion.