Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – January 5, 1993

I went to the office at half past seven in the morning. It is snowing lightly. Selection officials came from all over the country. Mr. [Qorban Ali] Derri [Najafabadi] explained and I encouraged them; They are worried about lawlessness. The selection law is stuck in the parliament.

Mr. [Gholamreza] Faruzesh, Minister of Jihad Construction and Vakil and Amanpour from the Jihad Missile Research Center came and explained about its progress and capabilities. They gave the progress of the important project of the 350 km guided missile complex and asked the Ministry of Defense to strengthen their work. They have done an important job for design and construction; I promised to help.

Mr. Qazi Askar came. The secretary of the house of imams gave a report on Friday. He complained about the lethargy and inefficiency of most of the council members and had suggestions for reform. I confirmed. In the evening Mrs. Fatemeh, the Minister of Advisor to the Government of Tanzania, came; The guest is the [Presidential] Women's Affairs Office. I asked about the status of women in Tanzania. He expressed his satisfaction with the situation of women in Iran.

Parliament members were my guests at night. After the congregational prayer and the recitation of the Koran and the introductory speeches of Mr. [Ali Akbar] Natiq [Nouri], the heads of the oil commissions, the accounting, economy and planning and budget bureaus spoke about the budget and supervision of the parliament. Then I gave explanations for the 1372 budget, which was effective; It was a good meeting. We had dinner. The meeting lasted from six in the afternoon to nine in the evening. The representatives had many references for their constituencies. I stayed in my office at night.