Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – October 3, 1994

At nine o'clock, we went to Tehran University from home to open the housing development seminar. Mr. [Abbas] Akhundi, [Minister of Housing and Urban Development] gave the report of the seminar and I talked about the policies of the housing sector and emphasized on the use of people's savings and mass building and downsizing and technological reform and using the opportunity and abundance of local building materials and manpower and helping to collect liquidity and creating employment opportunities.

I went to my office. It was the meeting day of the representatives. [Mr. Seyyed Javad Hosseini], the representative of Aliabad Katul, came and asked for the cultural and civil affairs of the city and himself. [Mr. Mohammad Qomi], the representative of Varamin came. He applied for the Mamlo dam and Qarchak water and Payam Noor University. He said that a group of representatives want to sign a petition to support Mr. Zanganeh, who was under impeachment.

Mr. [Hasan] Indeksi, the representative of Astana Ashrafieh, came. In order to respect the situation of the fishermen who will suffer with the change of fishing regulations, and also for the rural road and development in Bandarkiasher port. The representative of Tehran, Mrs [Maryam] Behrouzi, [Secretary General of Zeinab Society] came. While expressing his loyalty and reporting the situation of the community, Zainab (PBUH) asked for help for it.

In the evening, the Economic Council had a meeting. A decision was made about the milk subsidy. We discussed price control and supply of basic goods, as well as the re-establishment of the currency agreement, which was not completed.