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30 diary entries in this month.
Early in the morning at Parliament, I read several verses from Surah Al Imran concerning the Battle of Uhud. They bore a striking resemblance to the martyrs of the night before last—Mr. Beheshti, Hamza, and the others [of the Muslim army].
We had a long consultative meeting in which we discussed how to announce the disaster, the messages to be issued, and the immediate measures to be taken, and we made several decisions. Reports indicated that more than sixty people had been …
I wrote two days’ worth of diary entries first thing in the morning, and at six-thirty I went to Heart Hospital. Mr. Khamenei’s condition was satisfactory. He recognized me. I felt somewhat relieved.
Early in the morning, we prepared to leave for Jiroft and Kahnuj. We went to the Air Force base. We spoke with some of the personnel and boarded the helicopter.
From morning until noon, I stayed at the home of Sheikh Mohammad Hashemian in Rafsanjan, and a number of relatives and acquaintances came to see me and raised their concerns.
Early in the morning, I made up for the two days of writing my memoirs that I had fallen behind on. Then I went to the airport and, accompanied by the Guards, Fati, Mehdi, and Yaser, set off for Kerman in a small Falcon aircraft to assess t…
I came to my office early in the morning. We had a public session. At ten in the morning, we adjourned the session, but the Presidium meeting continued until the afternoon.
Early in the morning, the body of Martyr Chamran had been brought to Parliament for the funeral procession. I offered my condolences to his family. During the public session, the credentials of Mr. Behrouzieh, the representative from Kaliba…
The credentials of the representatives from Kalibar and Golpayegan were on the agenda. I announced the news of Dr. Chamran’s martyrdom. The news of the execution of eight members of the counterrevolutionary groups has instilled fear in the …
Since I had slept in Parliament, I began the morning by studying the reports. In many cities, the groups had also caused minor disturbances, which were suppressed with the intervention of the people.
Early in the morning, Effat went to Iranmehr Hospital to undergo a minor surgical procedure and was admitted. I went to Parliament. The motion on “the political incompetence of Mr. Bani-Sadr” was on the agenda.
Early in the morning, Dr. Mansourian came to see Effat. She arranged to have Effat admitted to the hospital tomorrow for surgery. She asked for my help in resolving a problem she had with the Revolutionary Court.
Today is a holiday, and I am resting at home. I had intended to go there to look into the situation of the earthquake victims in Golbaf, Kerman, but because of the sensitivity of the situation in the capital, I decided to forgo the trip.
I left home at six o’clock so that consultations could take place before the session, which was extremely sensitive. The agenda was discussion of the rules of procedure for examining the President’s political competence.
Effat had a fever. I left the house. The Parliament had a public session. The two-motion urgency of the bill on the political incompetence of the President, its rules of procedure, and the continuation of the discussion on incorporating the…
I arrived at the Parliament four minutes late. It was the first time I had ever been late. Before the agenda, Mr. [Mohammad Ali] Heydari Nahavandi briefly responded to Bani-Sadr’s statement, and one of the representatives spoke in oppositio…
These are eventful days. The book of Iran’s history is being turned rapidly; major historical events are taking place, and history is moving swiftly.
In order to learn the Imam’s view regarding Mr. Bani-Sadr, concerning the presidency and the motion of political incompetence, I went to his home early in the morning.
Early in the morning, Colonel Vahid [Dastjerdi], the Chief of Police, came and gave a report on the situation in the cities.
I replied to the letters that had been sent to the house by people seeking assistance. I arrived at the Parliament at seven in the morning. We had a public session. Mehdi, whose school was closed, came to the Parliament with me.
I replied to the letters that had been sent to the house by people seeking assistance. I arrived at the Parliament at seven in the morning.
We had a public session. Before the agenda, I spoke about the Imam’s remarks against the liberals and Israel’s attack on the nuclear power plant under construction in Iraq.
Today, because of the suspension of the newspapers, I expected that incidents might occur, even in the Parliament. We had a public session. Nothing important happened.
I fasted; it was the last of the six days of missed fasts that I had not observed two years earlier because I was recovering from being shot and undergoing surgery.
Early in the morning, for the first time since the victory of the Revolution, I went to the old Parliament building to see the condition of the library.
I stayed at home for almost the entire day and went out only for Friday prayers. Early in the morning, Mr. Reyshahri called and said that Mr. Bani-Sadr had told Mr. Ghafouri, the governor of Mashhad, “I can see with my own eyes, just like t…
At the public session, we discussed correcting the points raised by the Guardian Council in its objections to the provisions of the bill to abolish the “Imperial Decree” and the bill establishing the War-Affected Foundation.
In the public session, I dealt harshly with Messrs. Fouad Karimi, [Hassan] Ayat, and [Abdolhamid] Deyalameh, who had objections concerning the Rules of Procedure. Finally, today the work on the one-twelfth budget was completed.
We had a public session on the one-twelfth budget. Mr. Salamatiyan’s move at the beginning of the session made me angry. The session continued in the afternoon as well.
It was the anniversary of the Prophet’s appointment to prophethood, and I had no work to do. I was two days behind in writing my diary. I wrote it from memory.