Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – April 4, 1984

Near morning, I had a terrible dream and woke up and did not sleep again. I contacted Mr. Sayad Shirazi, Mohsen Rezaei and Mousavi Qavidel about the fronts; The situation is not bad. I spoke with [Colonel Hoshang Sediq] the commander of the air force about the lack of mobility of the air defense in the front; He was upset. Requested a meeting. In the public session of the parliament, eight plans and bills were approved. Due to the concerns of the representatives for the elections, there is no enthusiasm in the parliament and the discussion is reduced. There is also a lot of absenteeism; Therefore, we closed the parliament until the elections, so that the representatives could reach the election campaigns.

At noon, Mr. [Sadiq] Khalkhali [the representative of Qom] came to my office; He is very upset that the Guardian Council has rejected his authority. He decides to resist and is not willing to resign.

The commanders of the air force came and gave the statistics of the measures taken in the Khyber operation; it is good They are upset that their inactivity was complained about; Especially when I said that the difference between Mr. [Hoshang] Siddique and Mr. [Abbas] Babayi is an obstacle to work, they denied the difference. But they have a difference and this difference is an obstacle to work.

A group of volunteer fighters came to the front and criticized the style of war work; They are upset about the irregularity and lack of support fire and not reaching the wounded and the bodies of the martyrs.

In the evening, we had a meeting of the chairmanship of the parliament; Most of the discussion was about the composition of the future parliament and fixing the defects for the next term. We discussed the negative effects of pre-order speeches - which usually focus on weaknesses and shortcomings and are broadcast directly - and compare it to the positive effect of unique freedom. Mr. [Asadullah] Bayat and [Ismail] Shushtri also brought a plan for punishment, which I shared with Mr. Mousavi Ardabili [President of the Supreme Court of the country]. I gave some of my books as Eid gifts to the members of the parliament's presiding committee.

At night, Saran Qawa and Ahmad Agha and [Mr. Ali Akbar Velayati] the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Mr. [Ali Akbar] Mohtashmi [Pour] - who came to Iran with amputated hands and a deaf ear after the assassination attempt [in Syria] - were my guests in the parliament. We decided on the issue of paying a loan to Syria and accepting "Rafat Assad" [the brother of the Syrian president]. There was also a discussion about the system of confiscating property. Mr. Mousavi Ardabili was satisfied with the development of Abu Musa and Kish islands. The negative stance of the Soviets and their greater support for Iraq was also discussed. Mr. Mohtashmipour was assigned to negotiate with Saudi Arabia as they requested. I came home late at night.