Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – October 1, 1989

I came to my office at half past seven in the morning. Mr. [Masoud Roghani] Zanjani [Head of Program and Budget Organization] came; Summing up the five-year plan for the reform of currency figures. Mr. [Mohammedreza] Nematzadeh, Minister of Industries, came. He said the situation of industries and foreign exchange needs. Mr. [Mohammed] Zahiri came. He objected to the plan and policy of oil sales and the executive works of oil.

Mr. [Mohammed Kazem] Saifian came and expressed his readiness to go to the embassy in Pakistan. Mr. [Reza] Amrollahi [head of the Atomic Energy Organization] came for nuclear energy; He had nothing new to say. Dr. Habibi came for the affairs of the country, institutions and personnel. Efat, Fati, Yaser and Mehdi came here for lunch.

In the evening, I attended the meeting of the government board. It lasted from four to eight in the afternoon. We added ten billion dollars to the volume of foreign exchange resources. Three governors of Bushehr, Kohkiloyeh and Boyer Ahmad and Sistan and Baluchistan were appointed.

I went to Ayatollah Khamenei's office. I was there until half past ten. We consulted and made decisions about the current issues of the country, issues of the clergy, the parliament and the judiciary. I came to my office late. I prayed and did office work until half past eleven. [Mr. Gholamreza Aghazadeh] The oil minister informed that drilling in the Caspian Sea, fortunately, has hit a gas source at an unexpected depth.