Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – March 15, 1993

Last night we were all awake until the morning for recovery. I was at home. Chastity and the children went out to the ceremony. After the morning prayer, I slept until half past nine. It was snowing in the north of Tehran last night until morning, but there was no news in the south.

At ten in the morning, we went to Saadabad to see off the Afghan delegation. Mr. Ismail Khan, the governor of Herat, also came; I asked a little about Herat. They are in a bad situation: wartime damage, unemployment, poverty, and on top of that, insecurity that hinders basic actions. He asked for fuel, food and building the Taibad-Herat road. I told Mr. Rabbani to exchange some of the many heavy weapons left over from the previous regime and Russia with engineering, road-building, and agricultural machines; Apparently, he accepted, but he is not sure that they will be taken seriously. It is claimed that the Arab countries and Pakistan have not given any help to Afghanistan.

We went to the [Mehrabad] airport in a car with Mr. Rabbani. He is satisfied with the agreement with us regarding the coexistence of Farsi speakers in front of Pashtuns. It was decided to follow up. We interviewed at the airport. I signed the Afghan agreement as a witness. Malik Fahd and Nawaz Sharif have already signed. They went to Mashhad with an official escort.

In the afternoon, Mrs. Afshar came and asked for help for her work. I rested at home in the evening. I did the rest of the work at night. Iftar, the children were gathered. Mohsen offered a proposal for the cooperation of Jihad-e-Fazonggi and Sased [Defense Industries Organization] to build rockets; For now, both of them operate independently.