Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – April 21, 1985

After the prayer, I went to the assembly. It was not an important issue in the reports. We had the problem of the Ministry of Heavy Industries in the public meeting [Majlis]; Because the theory of the Guardian Council has taken on a political color and political positions make the work in the parliament more difficult. It was a difficult meeting, and with the approval of one urgency for the government's bill and the rejection of two urgency of the proposal of 130 representatives, the problem was solved a little, but until the task of this ministry is determined, we will have problems ahead.

A group of IRGC commanders assigned to Kurdistan came; I spoke for them. Mr. Bahrami Sawji came and asked for a job for his son and a meeting for an Iraqi person. Mr. [Abbas] Babayi also criticized the air force command and offered suggestions. In the evening, I went to Majles dentist to have my teeth scaled.

Our new ambassador in Venezuela came to say goodbye. I told him to investigate, what is the reason for Venezuela's foreign debts with a lot of oil exports? Mr. Mohsen Rezaei came. I warned him against the operational plan of [Colonel] Sayad [Shirazi]. He said the reasons for his opposition; Some of them are acceptable as I told him to try to fix the defects; Some of them are not important, so I emphasized cooperation and gave explanations to remove his suspicion.

I worked in my office until nine o'clock at night. Mr. Sayad [Shirazi] explained about his work. I asked the Ministry of Oil for an explanation about the helicopter that crashed in Saudi Arabia and the pilot was killed. Mr. [Ali Akbar] Natiq [Noori-Interior Minister-] raised the problem of Hizbullah control over the phone; Especially after the approval of the President in the last Friday prayer. It was decided to talk to Mr. [Ayatollah] Khamenei himself to solve the problem. I asked how Mr. Rabbani [Amleshi] was doing on the phone, and they said he was the same as before.