Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – January 8, 1990

After the prayer, I read the reports, including the climate change plan of the central desert, sent by engineer Masoudi. He claims that if we cut a part of Alborz mountain and open a way for rain-producing clouds to pass from north to south of Alborz, the rain will increase both in the north and in the south, and the pressure over the Caspian Sea will decrease.

Mr. [Sydmansour] Razavi [Head of the Administrative and Employment Affairs Organization of the country] came. He talked about employment matters and plans for integration and reform of government organizations and the needs of the organization. Mr. [Sheikh Hossein] Ebrahimi [representative of the religious jurist in Afghanistan affairs] came. He gave the report of his one-month trip to Afghanistan and made suggestions to strengthen the Afghan Mujahideen. We talked about our policy in Afghanistan. The head of the program and budget organization came with the deputies. They explained the territorial arrangement of Iran. I told them to check the climate change plan of the central desert.

Mr. [Ahmad] Jannati [head of the Islamic Propaganda Organization] came and asked for the needs of the Propaganda Organization. He expressed his satisfaction with the situation regarding the blame of the leadership from line 3. The issue of Mr. Montazeri was also discussed.

In the evening, the Supreme Economic Council had a meeting that lasted until nine o'clock at night. It was decided about the guaranteed prices of agricultural goods and the support of nomads and ranchers and the government price of Renault [Panj] and... The leadership sent the letter they wrote in response to the letter of the parliament members for consultation. I gave him comments on the phone; It is a good letter.