Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – August 16, 1990

Efat brought fresh pistachios for breakfast. At nine o'clock in the morning, [Mr. Mehdi Moinfar], our new ambassador in Ireland, came to consult and say goodbye and asked to renew the issue of buying meat from Ireland, which was interrupted due to the rumor of Irish cattle being sick.

[Mr. Turgut Özal], the president of Türkiye spoke on the phone. He is worried about the news of resolving the differences between Iran and Iraq. I said that our peace has not changed Iran's fixed policy regarding the condemnation of the occupation of Kuwait and that we are ready to cooperate to force Iraq to retreat. He said that he will send his foreign minister to Iran soon.

[Mr. Ahmad Kanani], the ambassador of Iran in Madagascar came. He reported and requested for the construction of a mosque for new Muslims who join Islam in groups. Mr. [Qorban Ali] Darri [Najaf Abadi, a member of the Assembly of Experts and the head of the central selection board] came and complained about the attacks that have recently been reported in the newspapers against Ayatollah Montazeri; I said that these things are against our policy. Mr. [Ali] Khorram came. He brought the text of Saddam's recent letter, which accepted our demands, and said that it was circulated in the United Nations as a document, and at the same time, the Westerners are very worried that the cooperation between Iran and Iraq will make the fight against Saddam more difficult.

I informed Mr. Khamenei of the Supreme Security Council's approvals by phone yesterday, and it was decided to inform Iraq that they can send a delegation from Sunday next week. We decided to emphasize that our position regarding Kuwait is unchangeable.

The members of the university's board of trustees witnessed the meeting. Regulations and conditions of students and the percentage of witness students and the amount of tuition were approved. Salmani came for correction. In the evening [Mr. Abdul Halim Khaddam, the first vice president of Syria and] the Syrian delegation met. There was a long discussion with Mr. Farouk al-Shora, [Syria's Minister of Foreign Affairs] about the new conditions in the region. They are worried about our agreement with Iraq and believe that Saddam will be removed. I ordered my recent letter to Saddam to be read on the radio because of its clarifications in resolving the ambiguities.

Today, I spent a lot of time on bringing the prisoners who are about to be released and making the necessary plans to welcome the prisoners. It was decided that Mr. Mirzadeh, [Executive Vice President], would support the responsible staff. I came home in the evening.