Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – August 19, 1986

First, I went to visit Imam Reza. I read a pilgrimage from the room on the second floor below the holy shrine. If I go among the crowd, it will be crowded and people will express their feelings and will not allow me to visit with my heart.

During breakfast, Mr. Tabasi and Mr. Ferdowsi talked about the harassment of the opposite line, especially the political deputy and the governorate and the general director of education in Khorasan. I suggested to attract them with kindness.

We visited the museum of calligraphic panels and the museum of cursive Qurans. Then I went to visit the sample farm. It has 6,500 hectares of land and modern cattle breeding and good animal husbandry. We watched milking and artificial insemination of cows. It seemed interesting. After lunch, we rested until four o'clock.

In the evening, there was a magnificent gathering in the courtyard of the imam. I gave a speech. I got a little fever. I became light with the housing. Fati came and said [his daughter] Sarah also has a fever.

After the prayer, the fighting clergy of Mashhad came. The discussion was about the problems and dangers of linear differences, which did not reach anywhere as usual. They complained from the opposite line and I told the mistakes of both sides. I slept with boredom and fatigue. I got the Farsi program of Radio Germany. There was no new and important news. Mr. Shirazi, Imam of Mashhad, insists that I go to his house. I have been banned and these bans prevent me from traveling to other places.