Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – March 21, 1994

Last night, after handing over the year, I gave each of the children a thousand tomans. they went First, I closed the suitcase. We went to the airport [Mehrabad] with modesty and Yaser. The other children also arrived on time. At half past eight in the morning - new time - we flew to Kish for vacation and rest.

Mr. [Mohammad Reza] Yazdan Panah, [CEO of Kish Free Zone Organization], [Mortaza] Al-Vairi, [Chairman of the Supreme Council of Free Zones], [Hussein] Mahlouji, [Minister of Mines and Metals] and... were welcomed at Kish airport. On the way to the pavilion, Mr. Yazdan Panah gave a report on the situation in Kish. The weather is good. It has rained less and it is not as green as before. There are many passengers. They have a tourism tour from Turkmenistan; They have considered a special place for them to swim, which is welcomed by most of the foreigners.

The new building of the pavilion has been delivered. We are not as cramped as before. A part of the family of the late [Haj Qasim] Akhavi, in addition to his wife Fatima and Nusrat, are also with us. We were mostly at the beach in the morning and evening. We used the sea for jet skiing and swimming.

Mr. Mahluji's head came. He explained about the new wharf, which is supposed to be opened the day after tomorrow. He had some suggestions and questions about the policy of using foreign capital for the prosperity of the country's economy and criticized the polluted and cramped atmosphere of the country for such matters.

I gave a thousand tomans to each of the companions. We had dinner together. Efat and his guests from the family of the late [Shahabuddin] Eshraghi were guests at the Mirmohanna restaurant.