Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – June 17, 1992

In the morning, we went to the international exhibition of carpets and handicrafts. Our visit lasted two hours, but we saw a little of the exhibition. It has many exquisite and spectacular works. I did an interview. Chastity also had a separate visit.

I reached my office at half past nine in the morning. Mr. [Hamid] Mirzadeh came and asked for help to meet the reconstruction needs. Mr. Sheikh Gudrat Alikhani, [Inspector of the Police Force] came. He reported the situation to the police force and said about the lack of cleaning and reforming the structure.

The meeting of Petrochemical Company was held. They reported work. They invested 33 billion tomans last year. This year, 36 billion Tomans will be spent in the construction sector. Huge plans are underway.

I tied the knot of Sabiya Aghajalal, [Protector]. Chastity had also come. In the evening, the Economic Council had a meeting. We approved the list of products with government, competitive and free currency, and how to price and distribute competitive products, as well as compensate the additional costs of government bodies. I worked until nine at night and came home. Fatima's mother and sister had come. We were waiting for Yasser to arrive from Mecca. Because it was getting late, we slept.

They reported that an earthquake, which we were waiting for based on Armenia's forecast, has occurred in the Indian Ocean at a distance of eight thousand kilometers from Tehran, with a magnitude of more than six Richter. The predictions said that it would take place between Iran and Armenia.