By the way," he added, "please pay attention to the photo hung above the fireplace: young Mousavi with the leader of the Iranian Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ruhollah Mousavi Khomeini."
On January 23, Ilyumzhinov met with an old friend and colleague, a well-known scientist and public official, director of the Special Headquarters for the Development of Iranian Nanotechnologies, ex-Iranian Ambassador to the Russian Federation (2009-2013), Mr Reza Sajjadi. A meeting was also held with the Vice Governor of the Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran Gholamreza Panahi. In memory of the meeting, Gholamreza Panahi presented Kirsan Ilyumzhinov with a souvenir - a Persian rug. Later, Ilyumzhinov held talks with the Advisor on Effective Governance of the National Assembly of the Republic of Afghanistan, Mr Mohammad Yunus Samar, and met with Hazaras, executives and representatives of public organizations from Afghanistan accredited in Iran. As Kirsan Ilyumzhinov said, “we had a talk by the fireplace with the president of the Iranian company I. T. C. IRAN TOSEEH Corporation Mr Mousavi”.