Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – March 28, 1994

Yaser had a cold and fever. I went to my office. Hossein [Marashi, head of the president's office] has gone to Kerman to bring his furniture. Efat greeted Rafsanjan twice on the phone. Mahdi and Fereshte went to Isfahan and Faeza went to the north.

[Mr. Seyyed Mohammad Jahormi], the governor of Fars, came. He gave a report on the progress of work in the province and the development of industries and trade with southern countries. Dr. [Hadi] Manafi, [Deputy President and Head of the Environmental Protection Organization], complained that they are creating problems for Persian Gulf sheikhs to travel to the province for hunting, and it is also preventing the proper use of Parshan Lake. To complete the damage caused by last year's flood and to develop the affairs of the province, he asked. He demanded the revival of the provincial bank and provincial powers. He said about the improvement of rainfall in recent weeks; The south of the country is experiencing a drought this year.

Mr. [Hossein] Taheri, the governor of Tehran, came. He had suggestions for price control and house construction in Tehran. He complained to Mustafafan Foundation for refusing to implement the agreement on handing over a part of Mehrshahr Garden to Allameh Tabatabai University.

Mr. [Hamid] Mirzadeh, [Executive Deputy of the President], [Attaullah] Mohajerani, [Legal Deputy of the President] and [Morteza] Al-Vairi, [Chairman of the Supreme Council of Free Trade Zones] came to determine the tasks of the Kish Development Organization, after the recent approval of the Free Zones Law and the transfer of Kish lands from the organization to the Free Zone. They differed in correspondence. The dispute was resolved in favor of Mr. Mohajerani's opinion.

In the evening, the Economic Council had a meeting. We decided on the gas regulator and investment in fisheries. I came home in the evening. Yasser still has a fever and is sleeping. The doctor injected an ampoule of penicillin; It is improving.