Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – October 11, 1989

From 5:30 to 8:30 in the morning, prayer, exercise, breakfast, reading of reports, etc., were done. Dr. [Hasan] Habibi came for current affairs.

A group of representatives of Kerman province came. They were concerned about the Rafsanjan issue and the appointments of the judiciary. They agreed on the recent economic and administrative decisions, except for the freedom to withdraw foreign currency, which required an explanation. Yesterday, Dr. Noorbakhsh gave an explanation in the parliament that convinced many people. They are from the radical line.

In front of Mr. [Ali Akbar] Natiq Nouri, [Mohammed Reza] Bahnar, [Ismail] Ferdowsipour and [Hossein] Sobhaninia came and expressed their satisfaction with the current issues and talked about Tehran elections. Mr. Ferdowsipour insisted that I go to Mashhad for the Imam Reza Congress. I am supposed to be in Azerbaijan and Kurdistan these days. Mr. [Masih] Mohajeri came for social issues.

[Mr. Malimba Mashake] the Prime Minister of Zambia came to visit. The negotiations were for the development of relations. Previously, Dr. Habibi had mentioned the limits of possible negotiations and cooperation in arms deals and cooperation in industry, especially copper.

In the afternoon, Fazeh came with Ms. [Tahera] Taherian, who is in charge of women's sports, and brought their publications. Mr. [Abulfazl] Tawakuli Bina came. He expressed concern about the failure of the plan to fight the high price of potatoes and onions, which I said should be followed up so that it is completely successful.

In the evening, I participated in the government delegation, which lasted until seven o'clock in the afternoon. We had several resolutions. Tehran's transportation problem was discussed; We did not reach the full result. Then we had a meeting with the relevant ministers about the rates. Currently, the supply is low, ways to increase the supply were thought of. Mr. Noorbakhsh informed that the currency has depreciated today.