Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – November 21, 1993

On the way to the office, I visited the guest accommodation in Saadabad. It has been repaired and is better than before. [Mr. Mohammad Bin Jassim Al Thani], Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar came. He asked for a private time and said that he recently met with Mr. Fahd, [King of Saudi Arabia] and he praised me a lot and said that he wants to meet and cooperate with me more. In addition, they intend to cooperate with Iran to fix the price of oil, and he also said that the member countries of the [Persian Gulf] Cooperation Council wish to resolve the dispute between Iran and the UAE amicably. I also confirmed and advised everyone to take the oil price issue seriously.

The High Council of Free Zones had a meeting. There was a discussion about the members of the board of directors and the managing directors of the three regions and it was not finished, and there was also a discussion about the price of gas delivered to the free zones and it was not finished.

In the evening, in the meeting of the government board, in the discussion of the second five-year plan, a decision was made about the price of energy and the correction of prices in order to reduce the subsidy [subsidy]. I was the guest of Ayatollah Khamenei last night. They discussed the economic policy, energy and the managers of the economic department, and it was decided to explain more about the politicization of universities that they had previously encouraged, and to emphasize the necessity of observing the rules and legality of political activities so that they are not abused. We also negotiated about currency management and banks.