Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – August 10, 1989

I arrived at the parliament at nine o'clock in the morning. In the reports, the issue of Lebanon and hostages and the possibility of cooperation between Iran and the United States have a high place. Mr. [Mehdi] Karroubi was trying to find out about the members of my cabinet. He criticized the IRGC for criticizing the performance of the Shahid Foundation and asked me to defend him. He is a little worried about the election of the chairmanship of the parliament after me.

[Mr. Sheikh Yadullah Ibrahim Niaz], the leader of the Tijanis of Africa, came with his entourage. gave explanations about the Tijani sect; Their characteristic is emphasis on dhikr and words, similar to Sufi. They belong to the Maliki religion. Mr. Raiszadeh came. As usual, he gave remarks about the policy and colleagues.

Mr. [Ebrahim] Asgharzadeh [Tehran representative] came. While expressing his loyalty, he had recommendations for the comprehensiveness of the cabinet and paying attention to the radical line, especially Mr. He expressed concern about the head of the Judiciary and emphasized that Mr. Mousavi should remain in Ardabili. consulted on the approval of the parties; Obviously, he was of the opinion that we should allow Maythami [= Lotfollah Maythami] and Babak Zahrai [leader of the Socialist Workers Party] to operate, and he criticized [Syed Ali Akbar Mohtashmipour] the Minister of Interior for trying to eliminate the Azadi Movement. He said that the Ministry of Interior wants to reject the request of the Freedom Movement to form a party. I said not to rush.

In the evening, the deputies of the Ministry of Information came and insisted that Mr. Ray Shahri stay or replace Mr. Falahian and announced the discovery of a huge warehouse of smuggled carpets belonging to the Jalali and Alavi groups. Mr. Ardibehesht, CEO of Ghola came. He criticized the quality of buying wheat and the lack of specific responsibility for bread and the violations of flour factories as a work problem, and considers the development of machine-made breads to be the solution. I told him to bring his program in a week.

Mr. [Abdul Hossein] Wahaji came. It has completed its program to activate the factories. Mr. [Mohammed] Faruzandeh came. It was discussed about the use of the engineering facilities of the armed forces in the country's civil works; I told them to remove the Tehran-Tabriz highway project.