Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – May 20, 1995

Amir al-Momenin's research group came from Qom. They do research and encyclopedia about Nahjalbalagah. Mr. [Mohammed] Dashti explained and asked for help. I also encouraged them.

Mr. [Sidreza] Zavarei, [Head of the Real Estate Registration Organization] came. [Mr. Mohammadreza Rahimi], the governor of Kurdistan, praised the services and management and gave some hints about the new foreign exchange policy and appealed to solve the problem of membership in the International Human Rights Organization, which has recently been in trouble due to the objection of the Guardian Council, and requested foreign exchange for document registration work tools and expressed his readiness to serve in more laborious tasks.

Mr. [Kamal] Kharazi from New York insisted on doing an interview with the Middle East magazine for the special issue of Iran; I said it is better to have more time between the two interviews.

Timsar [Ahmad] Dadbin, the commander of the Nazaja [= army ground force] came. He gave a report on the situation of the forces and asked the personnel cooperative to build housing and move the barracks abroad and sell the factory. It was decided to solve the issue of the chicken castle barracks, which should be handed over to the municipality. Adam is positive and serious. He said, he appointed all the unit commanders from the revolutionary officers after the revolution.

Dr. [Hasan] Habibi came. He consulted for a trip to Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Moldova and expressed his happiness about our new decision regarding the currency. In the evening, Mr. [Mohsen] Noorbakhsh, [Riskal Central Bank], came to consult about the details of the implementation of the recent export currency approval. He is very happy that he is relieved from the pressure. Mr. [Mortaza] Alwiri, [head of the Free Trade Zones Organization] came. He asked questions about the free zones and was worried that the new decisions would weaken the free zones and had doubts about the goals of the new economic measures. He praised my interview with the TV channel C.

Mr. [Akbar] Turkan, [Minister of Roads and Transport] came. Reported the trip to Pakistan and requested to strengthen the credits of the Ministry of Roads and reported the completion of the Tehran-North highway project; It was decided to publish public participation bills.

I came home at half past nine at night, as usual. Hamid Hosseini and Kazem Hashemian came. While confirming the recent decision regarding the currency, they say that many people will suffer major losses; But they agree that it has brought hope and happiness to people. Chastity is also hard to make sure that the decision does not weaken and you get into an argument with them.