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31 diary entries in this month.
Colonel Sayyad Shirazi [Commander of the Army Ground Forces] confirmed that the Iraqis had recaptured the Gardaneh Mend heights; but the Nemah Kalan Bo heights are in our hands and they also have a plan to continue their advance. They have …
Until 3 PM, I was at home, studying and resting. Last night, my chest hurt, and I slept a little. My office informed me that Operation Valfajr 3 had begun in Mehran and had been relatively successful. The Nasr and ... divisions had reached …
To relieve fatigue and lack of sleep, I slept after the morning prayer; I studied a bit for the Friday prayer sermons. Ahmad Agha came; he is not well, suffering from a stomach ache. He said it's so severe and prolonged that it might be can…
Near eight in the morning, I started the official meeting of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, and then handed over [presidency of the meeting] to Mr. [Mohammad] Mousavi Khoeiniha [Second Deputy Speaker] and went to the former library of t…
I worked in my office until 8 AM. I wrote the Persian text of the Arabic Friday prayer sermon and sent it for translation. Until noon, we had an official meeting of the Assembly of Experts [of the Leadership]. At noon, we had lunch with the…
At eight in the morning, I met with the Imam. I discussed the meetings of the parliamentary commissions with the Imam; they agreed. It was decided that two commissions would meet with him every month. We also talked a little about the recen…
The children went to the airport early in the morning for a trip to Rafsanjan. I came to the parliament. We had a meeting of the Assembly of Experts [Leadership]. In the afternoon, I had a few meetings. In the evening, we also had a meeting…
We had a public session. In my speech before the orders of the day, I spoke about Operation Val-Fajr 2. Several bills were passed. At noon I also had several meetings. In the afternoon we had a session of the Central Council of the [Islamic…
I read a booklet about the history of the Muslim Brotherhood. They were supposed to give the war news, but until eight in the morning they had not. I spoke with the [President]; it was decided that the publicity about the victory should beg…
Early in the morning, I inquired about the front's situation. It became clear that no significant changes had occurred. We had captured two or three more heights. The President quoted Colonel Sayyad [Shirazi] as saying that about three thou…
I went to the parliament early in the morning. I had breakfast there. Reports said that our fighters had captured Haj Omran barracks last night. I asked General Zahirnejad; he, on the contrary, gave negative results. I told him the report, …
Studying the reports and signing the personnel orders took up my time until eight in the morning. Early in the morning, the telegrams reported that last night, west of Piranshahr, our forces from the Hamzeh Sayyid al-Shohada base had launch…
I put Mr. Yazdi in charge of running the [Assembly] session and went with the members of the Assembly of Experts to visit the Imam. The Experts and their bodyguards were present. Ayatollah Meshkini spoke briefly, and then the Imam offered s…
Until eight in the morning, I signed the new promotion decrees for the [Islamic Consultative Assembly employees]. At eight, the Assembly of Experts meeting was held and we made good progress. I asked Mr. Emami Kashani to lead this week's Fr…
After praying, in the yard of the house, I started studying and cleaning the pool. I chlorinated the water, it is clean. After breakfast, Mohsen went to the Atomic Energy Organization for work. His university has agreed for him to spend a m…
After prayers, I headed towards Qom to attend the meeting of experts. I arrived at Feyziyeh School at 7:30 AM. Before the meeting, in the room of the late Saheb al-Dari - the school's office - we discussed with a group of teachers. Mr. [Moh…
I studied at home until 10:30 AM. I went to Tehran University for Friday prayers. The weather was very hot; I came home after the prayer. The pool at home is small; it's a large pond. On the recommendation of doctors, I have to swim due to …
I went to the parliament early in the morning. Until nine o’clock in the morning, I read the reports and supervised the preliminary work of the Assembly of Experts. At nine, the session of the [Leadership] Assembly of Experts began. The Qur…
Until four in the afternoon, I was at home; I studied and rested. Mr. Mohsen Rezaei [commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps] complained by telephone about Mr. [Asadollah] Lajevardi [Tehran Revolutionary Prosecutor], saying that …
At my suggestion, [Ayatollah] Khamenei led the Eid al-Fitr prayer at the site of the new grand prayer ground. We plan to allocate the former Abbasabad barracks site, along with the surrounding lands, which amount to about one million square…
Before the sermon, I spoke about Eid al-Fitr and the fight against inflation and the counterrevolutionaries' conspiracies. We had the election of the presiding board [of the Islamic Consultative Assembly]. With 165 votes, I was elected pres…
At eight in the morning, the public session began. The proposal requiring a two-thirds majority to approve the necessity of setting aside the primary rulings was on the agenda. Since it concerned the parliament's rules of procedure, it fail…
I went to the Majlis early in the morning. Before the agenda, there was discussion about current issues. The bill to establish an independent ministry or organization for water was rejected. At noon, I had several meetings in my office. In …
Until ten in the morning, I studied at home. Then I went to Friday prayers. I spoke about Palestine and the danger of Zionism in Lebanon. I returned home, I was tired. I slept until five in the afternoon. In the evening, in the courtyard of…
At seven in the morning, I went to the parliament. I read the reports. The Kuwaitis, contrary to our insistence, have given fuel and food to the hijackers, and about half of the passengers have been released and have flown toward Paris with…
We had a public session; several bills were passed. At ten in the morning, I went to the president’s office to discuss ways to curb inflation, and we spent several hours discussing it with the Supreme Economic Council and other responsible …
I went to the parliament. Before the agenda, the speeches of the representatives were not consistent with the Imam's advice and positions, and I called the statements contrary to the Imam's directives. Some were in favor and some were oppos…
I got up at nine in the morning; I had a slight fever and studied listlessly; about the sciences that went from the Islamic world to the West. I gave an interview to the Jomhuri-ye Eslami newspaper about Palestine for Quds Day. For the inte…
Messrs. Akhavi, Mohammad and Qasemzadeh from IRIB and Vaezi from the IRGC came. They consulted about the propaganda line, regarding the Tudeh Party and the Soviet Union and communism. I said, we do not intend to disrupt our relations with t…
Before noon, Ahmad Agha came. He said: The Imam had become uncertain about preferring any one of Mr. Emami Kashani, Agha Reza Shirazi, or Mahdavi Kani, for membership in the Guardian Council. I spoke with him at length; it was decided that …
I was at home all day. Since I had stayed up for the night of Laylat al-Qadr, I slept for part of the day—before noon and in the afternoon. [Ayatollah] Mr. Khamenei led the Friday prayers. A lot of reports had accumulated during the week, w…