Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – November 1, 1994

I slept with a fever last night, but this morning, I was fine. Dr. [Abdullah] Jasbi, [President of Islamic Azad University] came. Together, we went to the opening of [the first phase of the science and research complex] of the newly constructed Azad Islamic University in Hesarkan. There is a large land in the highlands where an educational space can be built up to the capacity of 100,000 students. A part of this land belonged to Mr. [Mehdi] Hadavi, [former Prosecutor General of the country], and it was handed over to Azad University with the approval of the heads of the three powers in the past and his own proposal.

A guest house, several laboratories, a technical and engineering faculty, and part of the streets and green spaces have been prepared. We visited all of them. The opening of the plasma physics laboratory is important. We heard explanations about the devices and instruments of the laboratories that were taken from China and Japan. In the gathering of professors and managers in the amphitheater, they gave a report and welcomed me, and I spoke about the importance of the Islamic Azad University with more than four hundred thousand students and one hundred and eighteen university units across the country.

I reached my office at noon. In the evening Mr. [Ali] Larijani, [head of the Broadcasting Organization] came. He gave the report of the trip to Oman and the statements of Sultan Qaboos, who proposed cooperation between us and Oman and Yemen, criticized Saudi Arabia and Qatar, and expressed regret for the Western domination. He also presented reports on the results of polls on important issues of the country.

Engineer Bagher, the son of Mr. [Ali] Izat Begovic, the president of Bosnia and Herzegovina, came. He came to see Iran's tunnel construction technology; Because of their plan to build a car tunnel from Sarajevo airport to the city. He brought his father's letter thanking us for our help that led to their recent victories and asking for rockets. I gave him a coin and a Nahj al-Balagha and asked him questions about the situation there. The Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution had a meeting with several resolutions.