Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – May 14, 1990

I arrived at the presidential office at half past seven in the morning. Until nine o'clock in the morning, I did the remaining work from yesterday. Mr. [Ataullah] Fazaeli, Samir's representative, came; As usual, he criticized all of Samiram's affairs and presented a plan for general reforms.

Mr. [Nurullah] Abdi, the representative of Behbahan, came. He had suggestions for Khuzestan and demanded to give pipes to the people for gas piping at the government rate. He criticized the governor of Khuzestan regarding the use of calligraphy under the influence of Imam Juma of Ahvaz.

Mr. [Ahmed] Mousavi, [Iranian ambassador in Beirut] came. He talked about the issues of hostages and Lebanon and had suggestions. Dr. [Hassan] Habibi, [First Vice President], came for current affairs and there was a discussion about government sanctions and also the travel plan of Mrs. [Benazir] Bhutto, [Prime Minister of Pakistan] to Iran.

The evening came. Reported the meeting with Dr. [Mustafa] Moin, [Minister of Culture and Higher Education]; It was to defend a student who is alleged to have cheated in the test result and he was rejected; I said he should not have gone to negotiate. He said that he took her and asked to pursue the matter.

The Economic Council had a meeting; We opposed the increase in the price of cement; But we accepted that four billion tomans should be given to cement factories. It was agreed that in every case of demand for price increase, if they have the right, it should be done in the same way so that the government does not cause inflation and price increase. About the heavy engineering machines manufactured by Hepco, there was a negotiation to determine the price. Sarshab Dr. [Mohsen] Nurbakhsh, [Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance] came and gave a report on his trip to Pakistan and Libya.