Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – April 25, 1989

I reached the parliament at quarter past eight in the morning. I spoke with the representatives before the order. It was decided to give breathing room to consult the candidates of the five members of the Islamic Council in the group of the constitutional revision group. I breathed at ten to eleven.

Mr. [Gasem Mehrzad] Sedkiani [Salmas representative] came in breathing. He asked for help for the Selmas Corps and cried for my departure from the parliament and expressed his concern that I could not do what the people expected as the head of the executive branch. I said that if I accept it, it will be because of the homework. Mr. [Jasem] Jadri [the representative of Dasht Azadegan] came. He asked for help for Sosangerd and demanded to emphasize to the Ministry of Oil for the gas supply of the city.

In the public meeting after breathing, four members of the radical stream and one Maqbool Tarafin voted.

In the evening, members of the judicial police came to report their work. I also spoke and encouraged them. [Mr. Mohsen Mirdamadi] the governor of Khuzestan and [Mr. Gholamreza Faruzesh and Isa Kalantari] the ministers of construction and agriculture jihad came. We discussed the importance of Khuzestan agriculture and the need to focus on its management. It was decided to bring the concentration plan in two months; Also, include the civil development program in the five-year plan.

Mr. [Akbar] Turkan [head of Defense Industries Organization] came; He is going to China. Reported trip to Yugoslavia and study about MA4 tank. We decided to make a decision after examining Chinese, Soviet and Czechoslovakian tanks. He agrees with the merger of the two ministries [defense and IRGC]. He gave hints about the army.

I came home In the evening, Dr. Velayati came and reported on his trip to Geneva. At the beginning of the work, [Mr. Xavier Pérez de Quiar] the Secretary General [of the United Nations] spoke in favor of Iraq and changed his tone after the strong reaction of the Iranian delegation. The Iraqis have relied on private negotiations, which have not been carried out. It is supposed to be done on the channel [Barzan Tikriti] of Saddam's [step] brother, in Geneva with our representative; with the mediation of a person from the Muslim Brotherhood organization.