Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – September 18, 1994

Early in the morning, we went from home to Eram Park to participate in the ceremony of the 7th national meeting of the commanders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. They have a huge hall that was built before the revolution. Mr. [Mohsen] Rezaei, [Commander-in-Chief of the Revolutionary Guards] welcomed me and I gave a detailed speech.

I returned to the office. Mr. [Reza] Amrollahi, [head of the Atomic Energy Organization] came. He gave a research report on the use of underground heat to generate electricity and asked for help to implement the plan; I promised to help. For some time now, I have been asking the Ministry of Energy and the Atomic Energy Organization to mobilize the sun, wind, sea, and deep earth in order to benefit from new energies. He gave a report on other activities of the organization and asked for an opinion about traveling to Vienna.

Athletes intending to participate in the Asian Games came to Hiroshima. Mr. Hashemi Taba, [Head of the Physical Education Organization] reported and I spoke encouragingly to them. In the evening, in the meeting of the government board, there was a discussion about the use of cooperatives to reform the distribution system and some discussion about the price of fuel in the second plan and the issue of inflation.

At night, Ayatollah Khamenei was my guest. We talked about the declaration of Ayatollah Montazeri, the issue of Tajikistan, the cease-fire agreement and escalation of the war in Afghanistan, the issue of dignity, the issue of Qazvin joining Tehran province and other current issues.