Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – May 31, 1992

On the way to visit the heavy industry exhibition, I went to the international exhibition; It has been held very widely. About two thousand industrial units have participated. I visited many booths in engineering design, assembly design, casting, mold making, parts making, and automobiles. I visited and visited the open space of the exhibition with an open minibus and listened to the contents of the artisans. They do not have an important problem; They are fresh and prosperous. An interview was conducted. It took three hours.

I came to my office. I asked about the situation in Mashhad. They said that last night the mischief continued until half past midnight and ended with the intervention of the IRGC and they arrested a group. They have caused a lot of damage.

[Mr. Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Fernando Solana], the foreign ministers of Malaysia and Mexico came separately. The talks focused on the development of relations. Mr. [Sidhossein] Mousavian, our ambassador in Germany, came and asked me to meet with [Mr. Schmitt Bauer], the German security minister who is coming to Iran. It is claimed that his mission is to remove obstacles to the development of relations and he has the message of the chancellor. In the evening Mr. [Ali] Fallahian, [Minister of Information], came to request the same meeting. He also explained the events of Mashhad.

In the meeting of the government board, a lot of time was spent on the issue of Mashhad and the quality of dealing with it in order to prevent the recurrence of such incidents. Today, the leadership has ordered strictness by summoning the relevant ministers. The issue of distribution and price of cement was discussed, but it remained unfinished.

I was the guest of the leader. The issue of Mashhad and dealing with offenders and cultural issues were discussed. He announced that the seminary community [Qom seminary] has written a letter criticizing the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance and the Broadcasting Organization.