Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – January 30, 1990

Mr. [Abdul Hossein] Wahaji [Minister of Commerce] came. They brought a plan about the facilities in the export foreign exchange agreement. His deputies were also there and gave explanations. This plan is based on allowing import versus export. Mr. [Ahmed] Jannati, [Hasan] Taheri Khoramabadi, [Mohammed] Momin, Abtahi Kashani and [Ibrahim] Amini Najafabadi came. The issue of Mr. Montazeri was discussed. It was decided not to be strict about them. The concern is that the opposition will gather around him, like the recent issue regarding the five-year plan, but the issue is related to the leadership.

Then the presiding committee of the Assembly of Experts had a meeting. Mr. Momin, Taheri, Raisi and Meshkini suggested that in the next meeting, the regulations for the election of experts should be amended in such a way that more confident and literate people can become experts. They stayed with me for lunch. The issues of Soviet Azerbaijan were discussed. Mr. Meshkini [Chairman of the Assembly of Experts] said that he established a headquarters for the cultural nutrition of Azerbaijani Muslims and asked for help; I accepted

In the evening, I attended the government meeting and closed the meeting of the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution. There was a discussion about the 1369 budget. Dr. [Hadi] Manafi [Head of the Environmental Protection Organization] quoted from someone that Radio Japan announced that an earthquake with a magnitude of 9 degrees [on the Richter scale] will occur in Tehran tomorrow; We said they investigated. It turned out that the news is not true. We told the Ministry of Information to follow up on the issue; Because these days they start a psychological war with such rumors.