Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – September 12, 1990

I reached my office at half past eight in the morning. Mr. Kazemi came from military industries. He talked about the incoherence of Sased's management [= Defense Industries Organization] and the problems of lack of coordination with the General Staff [of the Armed Forces] and sought solutions.

[Mr. Abdul Hossein Wahaji], Minister of Commerce came; He is going to Africa. consulted I said that in order to be active in trade with Africans, in order to help them and use the good resources there, they should establish a trade center in Africa. He gave a report on the status of the international exhibition and asked me to participate in the opening. He gave a report on the state of internal distribution and admitted that it is chaotic. He said that they have prepared a reform plan that they will bring to the Economic Council soon.

Mr. [Hamid] Mirzadeh came for current affairs and reconstruction and issues of Kish Island; Recently, they changed the CEO [Omran Kish Organization]. Mr. [Syed Mohammad Baqer] Mohri, [Imam of Shia Congregation of Kuwait] and a group of Kuwaitis who recently immigrated to Iran came to meet. They reported the situation there and appealed to Iran to solve the problems of Kuwaiti immigrants. I promised to help. They were supposed to write down the problems. Mr. Mohri was in prison in Kuwait and was released a while ago with my intercession. Thanked for this.

Dr. [Mohammed Hossein] Adli, [Chairman of the Central Bank] came. He gave a report on the currency and financial situation and told the future plans. The CEO of Maskan Bank was with him. He told me about the house building and mass building program, which I confirmed and promised to support.

In the evening, Mehdi came and made some comments about the production of automobiles, which I did not accept. I attended the government meeting. We had a long discussion to change the working hours of offices in Tehran, in order to reduce traffic pressure in the morning hours and increase the efficiency of offices; It was finally approved. The implementation of this plan will have problems.

I stayed in my office at night. Mr. [Ali] Younisi, the public prosecutor of Tehran came. Negotiations were held to bring a fugitive accused from Türkiye. [Mr. Abdullah Nouri], the Minister of the Interior, complained by phone about the army's action to seize the buses in the South Terminal; It turned out that they have taken action to exchange the prisoners, whose number has reached two thousand people. I told them to get a car from the Ministry of Defense. Ayatollah Khamenei had a strong campaign against America today.