Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – September 2, 1991

I did things from six to ten in the morning. Bank managers came on the occasion of banking week. Dr. [Mohammed Hossein] Adli reported. I spoke to them in detail and told them the expectations from the banks.

Some members of parliament came. Mr. [Mohammed Ali] Haqi, the representative of Sarab, appealed for the development of his constituency. Mr. [Syed Abutaleb] Mahmoudi, the representative of Golpayegan, asked for help for the civil affairs of the villages and insisted on my trip there and demanded the transfer of water from the headwaters of Dez to the center. He believes that without dewatering, Panzdeh Khordad dam cannot have an important effect.

Mr. [Mustafa] Mouzanzadeh, the representative of Kerman, came. expressed opinions about economic policies and public affairs of the country; It has moderated. At the beginning of the work of the parliament, he was one of the extremists and maybe still. Although he expresses moderate opinions in terms of economics. [Mashallah] Heydari Moghadam, the representative of Al-Ashtar, came. He mostly praised the policies of the government and appealed to his constituency.

In the evening, the Economic Council had a meeting. There was a discussion about the pricing of goods, but it remained unfinished; It has opposite and agree. I did not stay in my office at night because of boredom. I felt tired from the monotony of work.