Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – January 27, 1993

The Russian ambassador came to say goodbye. Mr. Mohebi, the manager of [the company] Meyaud and Tore Bar (Municipality) of Tehran, came. The report on the establishment of 38 fruit and vegetable markets in Tehran and the status of the new large market and the old markets and their problems. The mayor praised [Mr. Gholam Hossein Karbaschi] and thanked me for my efforts and requested that the Ministry of Commerce also use these squares for proper distribution of goods.

Mr. [Mohammed] Saidi Kia, [Minister of Roads and Transport] came. He gave a report on the plans and programs of the road sector and asked for the cooperation of the Program and Budget Organization in starting the study of Chalus-Tehran road. He proposed the idea of ​​creating a highway on the coast of the Caspian Sea by advancing into the sea and acquiring three hundred meters of safe coastal land and selling it, which can cover the entire cost of the project and will also organize the coast. People have been sent to the Netherlands to see a similar action.

The Supreme Administrative Council had a meeting. We decided on reforms in agriculture, healthcare and Jihad. In the evening, in the meeting of the government board, we discussed solving the problems of handing over state factories and foreign investment. I was at home for dinner. Chastity had returned from Mecca. I usually did not come home during his trip. Both to save time and for the sake of snow.