Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – March 1, 1999

Mr. Mohammadi from the Ministry of Information came to get an answer to last evening's consultation regarding the prosecution of the defendants in the Shabnameh case against Rahbari. I said, arrest before the court is not necessary. It is better to have interrogations without arrest and wait for the court's verdict. In the case of Mr. [Mohsen] Kadivar, it would have been better if they had done so.

Graduates of the Faculty of Conservation came. They reported and I encouraged them while speaking briefly. Mr. Mansour Vaezi, [the head of the cultural and artistic organization of Tehran Municipality] came. gave a report on the programs of the cultural centers of the municipality; It is very wide and diverse. With the order of the leadership, they took these from the municipality and placed them under the supervision of a council, and now the Tehran municipality has no motivation to pay the expenses. He asked me to advise, to help.

Mr. [Syed Morteza] Shujaei, the manager of the factory producing permeable pipes for irrigation, was under pressure. He considers me the father of irrigation industries under pressure. While praising, he applied for bank facilities due to lack of working capital. He said, now both the production line and consumables can be provided in the country.

In the evening Mr. [Ali Asghar] Haj Baba came. He gave a report on the production of ferrosilys which I opened in Semnan a few years ago. He said, Iranian industrialists consider you the founder of Iran's new industry and expect continued support. In order to cancel the law of receiving the difference in the price of cheap currencies from the private sector, he appealed in the case of cash and Uzan currencies.

Mr. Ahmad Jalali, [Iranian representative in UNESCO] came. He had questions about the common currency of the European Union - the Euro - and the dialogue between civilizations and the new cultural and economic conditions of the country. The managers [headquarters of the second] propaganda and war conference came and requested

I will open the conference. I talked to them about the effect of propaganda in war and the necessity of explaining the honors of war in order to record in history and guide future generations.