Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – January 10, 1993

Mr. [Mohsen] Nurbakhsh, [Minister of Economy and Finance] came. He gave a report on the situation of the riyal and negotiated for the sale of oil to America and the purchase of goods from them, which would be part of our demand. He quoted informed people that many of [Bill] Clinton's close colleagues have a favorable opinion about Iran. He got help for the additional expenses of the ministry.

Mr. Dr. [Mohammed Hossein] Adeli, [CEO of Central Bank] and Mr. Kashan, [Deputy Foreign Exchange Officer of Central Bank], came to explain more about the figure of our foreign obligations. There was doubt about their previous report. It does not make a graph with numerical figures. A significant amount was less than the previous report, but still not complete; I told them to complete it. Regarding the price of floating currency in 1372, the policy was to lower the price.

Mr. [Mehdi] Karbasian, the head of the Social Security Organization, came and gave a report on the status of incomes and expenses, policies and policies. Mr. [Gholamreza] Rizvani from the Guardian Council came. He asked for help for the cost of monitoring the elections and its construction.

I used the pool for swimming in the afternoon. At night, I attended the meeting of the government board. At seven o'clock in the afternoon, I went to meet the leader. We had a negotiation until half past nine. Negotiations and decisions were made about Friday imams' secretariat, Iraqi prisons, Hajj expenses, Shah Abd al-Azim's (S) plan, foreign exchange commitments and arms sales to the Republic of Azerbaijan. I returned to my office. I did things and slept.