Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – August 16, 1989

I was a little better after last night's sauna. I had a little walk and exercise and listened to the news. [George] Bush [President of the United States] said that the policy of the United States in the future is not hostility with Iran. I reached the parliament at half past eight. I went to my office. I listened to the parliament's deliberations on the radio. Elections were held for the president. Mr. [Mahdi] Karroubi was elected with 145 votes against Mr. [Ali Akbar] Natiq Noori's 92 votes. Mr. [Mohammed] Ashrafi Esfahani came. He spoke about the Ministry of Interior in support of Mr. Mohtashmi. Mr. [Mohammed] Mirmohammadi came to my office in the presidency.

Mr. Prime Minister came and asked for the budget deficit of the Veterans Foundation and expressed his readiness to consult and get a decision from me. Dr. [Hadi] Manafi [head of the Environmental Protection Agency] came and pleaded for strengthening the environment. In the evening, I had a meeting with the security guards of the parliament to say goodbye. The security guard came. He said about the abuse of some parliament employees, and I said that it should be followed up.

Higher Education Commission came to order Mr. Dr. [Mohammed] Farhadi. Some representatives came separately for the issues of the cabinet and ministers. Mr. [Javad] Ajei, the son-in-law of Mr. Beheshti, came to express his readiness to cooperate. At night, I went to the telecom sauna and came home.

Yaser was ranked 96th in the military quota in the entrance examination. The family is happy. Mr. [Hossein] Marashi, the governor of Kerman, came for security affairs. He said something about the weakness of the committee and the lack of coordination of the IRGC and expressed his readiness to go to Sistan and Baluchistan [as governor].