Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – July 19, 1993

I studied and worked until ten o'clock in the morning. As usual, Mondays were mostly spent visiting parliament members. The representative and Imam Juma and the governor of Marvdasht came. They told about the talent and development of Marovdasht's agriculture and the needs of urban and rural development and requested that I travel there.

[Mr. Ali Zadsar], representative of Jiroft, came. He complained to the governor and asked for the construction of the banks of Halil Road to protect the city. He read samples of his speech before his order, which is in approval of the government's plans. [Mr. Hossein Rashidi], the representative of Darab came. He asked for help for the hospital, electricity, dam, etc. [Mr. Mohammad Ali Partovi], Saqqez representative came. Kelli said bad things about the governor, the district governor, and the governor. The group of representatives of Bakhtran province, [=Kermanshah], are aggressive towards the executive managers of the province and asked for civil affairs.

[Mr. Mohammad Ebrahim Taherian], our new ambassador came to Nigeria to say goodbye and ask for opinions, and explained the situation and conditions there for cooperation in OPEC and asked about the travel of the leaders. The members of the central council of Zainab community came. Mrs. [Maryam] Behrouzi explained. They brought a list for the cabinet. I spoke encouragingly to them.

In the evening, the Economic Council had a meeting. We have decided on the new price of gasoline, liquefied gas and plane and train tickets. I came home at night. We had dinner with Yaser and Mehdi and Fereshte came and brought some fresh walnuts. We talked about Qatar water project and Bandar Abbas refinery.