Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – April 21, 1982

I studied until nine o'clock and then received clients. Mr. [Sadiq] Ayatollahi, our new ambassador in Malaysia, came and we discussed about Malaysia. He complained about the fact that his specialty is oil and it was used in another field.

The deputy of the organization of the [Islamic Republic] party came and complained about the nomination of three people in Tehran for the parliamentary elections without consulting the party.  

In the evening, we had a board meeting, and the Palestinian ambassador came in the evening and announced the attack of eight Israeli planes on Lebanon, and at his request, I announced the news [of this incident] and the condemnation of the aggression on radio and television. He insisted to meet with the president, but he was not accepted.

Even today, people's demonstrations and scholars' declarations about the removal of authority from Mr. Shariatmadari are at the top of the news. Western countries are very upset; As if they had many hopes for a coup plot.

The president is unhappy with the one-sided propaganda and the lack of airing of his defense and they say there is no need to exaggerate. I had a meeting with Abu Sharif [Abbas Aghazamani], our ambassador in Pakistan. He talked about the acceptability of Iran's [Islamic] revolution in Pakistan.