Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – October 25, 1994

Mr. [Hussein] Mahluji, [Minister of Mines and Metals] and [Yahya] Al-Ishaq, [Minister of Commerce] came to determine the price of iron, but it was not completed. [Mr. Alfredo Enzo], the Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Africa came. He was black and there were one mixed race and two white people with him. He gave explanations about the policy of removing discrimination and deprivation from the majority and strengthening national unity. He appealed to Iran to transfer experience. He thanked us for our help during the struggle. I promised to help in the experience of removing deprivation and training managers from the deprived classes.

Mr. [Morteza] Moqtadayi came. He said that he went to the Prosecutor General's Office because he was tired in the Supreme Court. He wanted to pay attention to the headquarters of the fight against drugs and its legalization. He offered a way to solve the problem of the claimants of Kangan lands and asked for help for the kindergarten [children] of the prisoners.

Mr. Faraji, the head of Mr. Yazdi's office, came. He praised the coordination between him and me and said some of Mr. Yazdi's interest in me and his policy of coordination with the government and asked us to strengthen the supervision of radio and television.

In the evening, the Supreme Administrative Council had a meeting. We had two merger approvals for the Ministry of Roads and Transportation. [Minister of Posts, Telegraphs and Telephones] came and complained about the resolution of the parliament regarding the telephone pulse rates. I warned Mr. Habibi over the phone about his opposition to the constitution. We have arranged a trip to Turkmenistan.