Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – August 26, 1989

Mr. [Ali] Agha Mohammadi came. He had some information about the situation of the parliament in front of the cabinet and the issues of the Iraqi government. Mr. [Hossein] Mahluji also came for the same purpose. Mr. Engineer Turkan came. He had some information about the agenda in the Ministry of Defense and the merger of the two ministries.

Mr. [Ahmad] Ahmadi came from the Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution. He inquired about the quality of dealing with Ayatollah Montazeri and about the Daral al-Shafa school and the students under training, and he believed that it was at the disposal of the Tarbiat Modares school [University]. He asked about the employment of some dissident figures such as [Ebrahim] Yazdi, Raisi Toosi, etc. in the university.

Mr. [Majid] Abbaspour came. He talked about his situation and his thoughts and gave opinions about the affairs of the country; I think it can be used. [Nabi Allah] an immigrant came and asked to be transferred from the Majlis to my office. [Mr. Roghani Zanjani] The head of the program and budget organization and the deputies came. They brought explanations about the five-year plan; They did not have new explanations.

Mr. [Giandomnico] Pico, Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations [for political affairs], came with Mr. [Mohammed Javad] Zarif and brought the message of the Secretary General regarding the assistance in the release of the American hostages and the promise of compensation from the United States and [George] Bush.

At night, deputies and colleagues came. The organization and organization of the presidential institution were discussed; They reached an agreement, but the final decision was postponed. The powers of the executive vice president are more limited. I ate dinner and slept tiredly.