Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – May 23, 1990

I worked until nine in the morning. Mr. [Masoud] Sadeghi [Azad], the representative of Kalbir and Mr. [Mortaza] Al-Vairi, the representative of Tehran and Mr. [Ishaq] Jahangiri, the representative of Jiroft, came and discussed the issues of their constituencies and political and economic issues.

Mr. [Reza] Amrollahi, [head of the Atomic Energy Organization] came and asked for additional funds for nuclear energy affairs; It is claimed that Spain is ready to cooperate in the completion of the Bushehr power plant. Mr. [Abolfazl] Tawakli Bina, [president's adviser on trade union affairs] came. He criticized the works of [Mr. Gholamhossein Karbaschi], the mayor of Tehran; It was not important. The right wing does not agree with the mayor of Tehran.

Mr. [Abbas Waez] Tabasi, the founder of Astan Quds [Razavi], was my guest at the dinner. We had a discussion about the affairs of the country; He criticized the extremism of the radicals. In the evening, Mohsen came with Mr. Mohsen Saneyi, [the son of Mr. Hassan Saneyi, head of the 15 Khordad Foundation] and told about the activation of the factories of the 15 Khordad Foundation.

Dr. [Ali Akbar] Velayati, [Minister of Foreign Affairs] came; The letter brought Saddam Hussein's answer. In response to my reply letter, he criticized the harsh content of my letter and introduced his brother Barzan [Tikriti] as his representative to negotiate with our representative Mr. Siros Naseri in Geneva to prepare the ground for the meeting. has insisted that the meeting should be between the leadership and the president of Iran on one side and him and his successor on the other side. It was decided to be discussed in the Security Council meeting on Saturday.

I attended the government meeting and stayed in the office at night. I took a shower to relieve fatigue.