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31 diary entries in this month.
After the prayer, I began studying the reports. Around eight in the morning, the Prime Minister arrived, followed by Mr. [Ali] Shamkhani and the interrogators of the Tudeh Party leaders, and they said that the party leaders had confessed to…
I hadn't slept well at night, and in the morning I went to the parliament tired. I took care of the administrative work. Mr. [Reza] Mirza Taheri, the head of the Environmental Protection Organization, came and spoke about the need for that …
Until ten in the morning, I studied at home and wrote an introduction to the [book] Parliamentary Record, which had been prepared by the Public Relations Office for the third year of Parliament. I went to see the Imam; he is in good health.…
I stayed home all day today. I was studying and writing and revising the book "Values and Schools of Thought." Fa'ezeh and Hamid, who have returned from their trip to Mazandaran, came by. Hamid was talking about the need to determine the st…
The President has gone to Bandar Abbas to visit the naval and air forces and inaugurate the Minab Dam. I was also supposed to go, but because of the current circumstances, friends said it wasn't right for the two of us to travel together; w…
I stayed home all day; I was studying and writing. I contacted Mr. Mousavi Ardabili and arranged to lead next Friday's prayer. I spoke with Prime Minister Mr. [Mir-Hossein] Mousavi about the earthquake situation and the measures they had ta…
Until ten thirty in the morning, I was studying at home for the Friday prayer sermons. I led the Friday prayer at the University of Tehran; discussions on social justice were pursued and I gave an explanation of the Imam's statements on Now…
I was at home all day studying. In the morning, I spoke on the phone with [Ayatollah] Mr. Khamenei; I described the trip and asked about the front. They conveyed from Colonel Sayad Shirazi that the situation is good and that they will come …
We did not sleep after the prayer; we talked a little with Mr. Mousavi Ardebili about the country's situation, the future of the revolution, problems, and possibilities. Then we walked a little in the garden space. There were two prisons in…
We had arranged to go to Nowshahr with Mr. Mousavi Ardabili for a rest. Mr. [Mir-Hossein] Mousavi [the Prime Minister] said there was a secluded place there; Mr. [Abolhassan] Elahbedashti, the representative of Nowshahr, also invited us. Th…
I started my tasks early in the morning and studied until the moment of the New Year's arrival. I also played a little with Yasser. At the moment of the New Year, I had breakfast with Efat and Yasser. Mahdi and Fati were also at the late La…
I was at home all day. I studied reports and rested. Before noon, Mr. Taheri Esfahani came to the house with Mr. [Abdollah] Nouri, [the Imam's representative in] Jihad [Construction]. Mr. Taheri had written a letter to the Imam and delivere…
Today was a public holiday, but because I had canceled meetings that had been scheduled for the previous week in order to work on the budget, I went to Parliament. I promulgated the budget bill. I took care of the backlog of administrative …
I studied at home until eleven o'clock. I went to the university to perform the Friday prayer. Mr. [Abbas] Vaez Tabasi was the speaker before the sermons, and Mr. Kowsari recited the lament for Lady Fatimah (PBUH). Mr. Gharazi came and gave…
I went to Parliament. The session began at seven-thirty. By noon, we finished the budget work. The representatives had proposed many new clauses, and because of the lack of time and their need for discussion, they agreed that they would be …
Morning, afternoon, and night, Parliament sessions were in progress, and I canceled the meetings. We were reviewing the budget. In the afternoon, I went to my office for a couple of hours and handled administrative work. I wrote the Arabic …
After prayers and writing two days' worth of memoirs, I went to the Assembly. Mr. Yazdi was presiding over the public session. In my office, I met with Mr. [Mohammad Reza] Mahdavi Kani. The Imam had summoned him and expressed concern about …
I went to the plenary session. The discussion is on the budget's clauses. The work is progressing slowly. A few people oppose the budget and, with pointless proposals, are trying to reduce it. But the majority is on board. During the recess…
Early in the morning I went to Parliament. The public session began at seven-thirty. The discussion was on the budget bill. Before the agenda, I mentioned the anniversary of Ayatollah [Abolghasem] Kashani's passing. During the recess, I spo…
I went to the Parliament. On the way, I got the news. Mr. [Mir-Hossein Mousavi], the Prime Minister, who returned from New Delhi last night, called. He had come back satisfied. He said that despite the unfavorable atmosphere of the conferen…
I stayed at home. I entrusted the holding of the Friday [prayer] to Mr. Mahdavi Kani. Before noon, Mr. [Seyyed Hossein] Mousavi [Tabrizi], the Prosecutor General of the Revolution, came to the house and spoke about how to deal with the deta…
In the public session, the budget was being debated. I spoke in support and attacked the opponents' slogan-like remarks. The opponents had made harsh, slogan-like statements without paying attention to the wartime conditions. Around noon, r…
I stayed at home until nine-thirty. Writing the overdue diary entries took up the time. Then I went to Parliament. Opponents and supporters of the budget were speaking. I chaired the last hour of the session. At noon I also had several meet…
I worked at home for a while and went to the parliament. The budget bill was brought up. The committee's rapporteur and the opponents and supporters spoke. It will be like this for another two or three days. Around noon I handed over the ad…
We passed several bills. Most were revisions to the Guardian Council's returned bills. The Guardian Council sends many bills back; it's not without reason. During the recess, I spoke to the families of the martyrs and the Basij of Qomsheh a…
Early in the morning I went to my office. I read the reports. Mr. Khamenei called. He informed me that, following consultation with Imam, he had decided not to go on the trip to India. We consulted about announcing the reason for the cancel…
Studying and writing overdue memoirs filled most of my time. Before noon, Mr. Ahmad came and said that apparently the Düsseldorf court in Germany had agreed to Mr. Sadegh Tabatabaei's immunity, and if released, he would be expelled from Ger…
I studied until 10:30. I went to Friday prayers. One sermon was about extravagance and the other about current issues. I was very tired, so I rested in the afternoon. At night I studied the reports, and Ahmad Agha Marashi came with a group.…
Early in the morning, as planned, I headed toward Azadi Hotel to go to the airport with the Algerian guests. On the way, they informed us through the car phone that they had already gone to the airport. We joined them at the airport. We wai…
In the morning they informed me that the second round of negotiations with the Speaker of the Algerian Parliament would begin at nine o'clock in Parliament. I hurried to Parliament. I arrived a little late. But the guests also arrived late;…
Early in the morning I went to Mehrabad Airport to welcome the Algerian guests. They arrived exactly at the scheduled time of 8:15 on a Lufthansa [airplane]. The welcoming ceremony was held, and the [Speaker of the Algerian Parliament] read…