Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – January 20, 1991

I reached my office at half past eight in the morning. In the reports, there was no important issue other than the escalation of operations in the war. The presidents of the universities of medical sciences and the deputies and managers of the Ministry of Health came together with Dr. [Reza] Melkzadeh, the new supervisor. They expressed their sadness over the passing of Dr. [Iraj] Fazel and expressed their gratitude for the installation of Malekzadeh and my support. I spoke to them to confirm and strengthen their morale. Dr. Malekzadeh, in a private meeting, suggested that Dr. Fazel become a member of the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution and my advisor; I promised He also stated that he is ready to be introduced as a minister; I did not refuse.

[Mr. Gholamhossein Karbaschi], the mayor of Tehran, came. He gave a work report and applied for the purchase of buses and compensation of the budget deficit of the bus company. [Mr. Soda Rasonu], the new Indonesian ambassador came to present the credentials. I said something about the ongoing war and the need to take action to end it.

[Mr. Mohammad Saidi Kia], the Minister of Roads and Transportation came. He gave the report of the negotiation with the commander of the IRGC regarding handing over the Chaudarmalvi Meibod railway construction project to North Korea in exchange for the oil and said about the freeway project, Imam Khomeini Airport, Bafaq-Bandar Abbas railway line and other works.

Zohar Mohsen, [Head of the President's Inspection Office] came and gave a report on the Tehran subway project and asked for permission to follow up on the issue of the rising waters of the Caspian Sea. He took money for our personal current affairs. In the evening, I did not go to the meeting of the government board and did my work in the office. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that Turgut Özal, [President of Türkiye], asked to speak on the phone. I preferred that the courier go.

At night I was a guest of Ayatollah Khamenei. We talked and made a decision about the irrelevant words of some extremists regarding the need to help Saddam, war issues, the special clerical court, his representative in the selection, labor organizations, the boredom of Mr. Montazeri, the sending of a courier to Turkey, the selection and issues of the seminary, and the appointment of Dr. Fazel in the Cultural Revolution Council and his appointment as a consultant. I came home It has started to rain lightly.