Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – August 1, 1990

Today is Tasua. Hamid Lahoti, [Faeze's wife] came early in the morning. He brought the message of Engineer [Mehdi] Bazargan, [leader of Iran's Freedom Movement], who expressed his concern for Ali Ardalan, who is in prison, [and has a heart problem] and asked for help for his treatment; I said it will help.

For mourning in Hosseinieh Jamaran, I participated in the group of guards and spoke a little for them; They demanded more amenities. Dr. Velayati, [Foreign Affairs Minister], said on the phone that Mr. [Ali] Khorram brought a letter from Saddam [Hussein, the President of Iraq] that was delivered in Geneva, and the person who brought the letter said that the foundations of future peace negotiations were written in this letter and he considered it very important; I told them to bring it home.

In the evening, Mr. [Ali] Khorram and [Javad] Turkabadi came. They had brought a draft of a letter from Saddam. Saddam had hurriedly sent it to Geneva on a special plane so that it would reach me as soon as possible so that if we accept the contents of the letter, he would sign it and officially send it by special courier. It is a detailed letter, and it contains a comprehensive proposal for the implementation of Resolution 598, the main point of which is to accept some kind of participation of Iran and Iraq in Shatt al-Arab [= Arvandroud], based on the Talog line or waiting for the removal of all sides, instead of ignoring the resolution.

I discussed the content of the letter with the leadership over the phone; It was decided to investigate in the Supreme National Security Council. It seems that he has a plan in relation to the country of Kuwait that he wants to make us feel at ease. At night, the children went to the mourning ceremony. I ate dinner and slept alone.