Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – August 11, 1986

Mr. Basharti informed that Saudi Arabia announced that some Iranian pilgrims had TNT in their bags. Agha Jalal sacrificed a sheep for Mehdi and donated. Ahmad Agha came before noon. There was a negotiation about the authority to determine the legal punishments that we have had problems with the Guardian Council. I gave my opinion that the best reference is the Majlis, but in the evening Ahmad Agha informed that the Imam wants to assign the work to Ayatollah Montazeri, who will determine the reference.

In the evening, Mr. Maadikhah came and talked about the needs of the foundation for compiling the history of the revolution. A group of oil company operation managers came. They gave a report on the damages of the recent bombardment and asked for help for defense. I told Colonel Tarabi to pay attention to their words.

I followed up on the caravan that got stuck in Jeddah and a group of pilgrims whose bags were found with explosives and arrested. It turned out that the pilgrims were unaware. Only the leader of the convoy knew. I told the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Intelligence to try to meet the head of the Hajj caravan.

Mr. Arouj and Mr. Vahidi explained about their plan for the conference [Non-Aligned Movement in] Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe. They informed that the Isfahan refinery was attacked by Iraq. I gave the order to launch a missile at the al-Dura refinery in the south of Baghdad.