Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – June 7, 1995

Hossein [Marashi, head of the president's office] came and reported on his trip to Malaysia. Mr. Masih Mohajeri, [president's social advisor and managing director of Jumohri-e-Islami newspaper] came. He praised the new foreign exchange policies and asked questions about foreign and domestic policies and asked for help for the newspaper. Mr. Seyyed Jalal Roghani, a veteran who received the badge of self-sacrifice from me, came. He asked for the pressure irrigation equipment factory built by a group of veterans with their company, and suggested that I take back the gift of sacrifice and spend the revolution, which I did not accept.

Mr. [Mohammed] Soheri, [Minister of Post, Telegraph and Telephone] came. On the occasion of my trip there, he gave a report on the development of East Azerbaijan's telecommunication network and asked for the permission to develop mobile phones. Mr. [Alireza] Afshar, the commander of Basij, came and asked for more credits.

Dr. [Mohammad Hossein] Adeli, [Economic Deputy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs] came. He confirmed the new currency policy and emphasized on its complete and decisive implementation and announced his readiness to accept the embassy post; He had not accepted before. [Mr. Gholamreza Granmayehpour], the governor of Mazandaran and Mr. [Mahmoud] Kazem [Dinan, representative of Amol] and [Mohammed] Majdara, [representative of Babolsar], came from the representatives of the province. While thanking the speed of construction in the province, after my trip, they gave many new proposals to get more credits. In the evening, in the meeting of the government board, a part of the regulation of health insurance was approved.