Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – August 29, 1984

At half past six in the morning, I went to the parliament. I read the reports. Today, the passengers of the hijacked plane were taken to Karbala for pilgrimage. The film broadcasted by Iraqi TV showed many female travelers without hijab. I dealt with the problems of the parliament staff until 10 am; Most of them raised the difficulty of providing housing, and several people complained about the delay in issuing their employment orders. Due to the large number of employees, they want to lay off about fifty people; But you have to think of something for them beforehand.

Engineer [Mehdi] Chamran brought a submarine model designed by himself and wanted to deliver a workshop of confiscated property to work on his designs. I had a meeting with three members of the German Parliament. I asked for information about the state of the German Parliament. It turned out, the power of our parliament is more than theirs. The ministers are not approved by the parliament there, only the prime minister is approved by the parliament. They had questions about the war and human rights and the arrival of foreign journalists to Iran. Sufficient explanations were given. Apparently, they were convinced.

[Mr. Saad Jabr] the Libyan ambassador came to say goodbye. He suggested the use of forces against the Iraqi government. He also requested to accept the Imam's meeting with Mr. Jalud during his trip to Iran. He said that they have information that Saudi Arabia and the United States are trying to replace Saddamand's rightist government in Iraq, which he calls dangerous. He also gave explanations about the reason for the recent unification of Libya and Morocco.

Mr. [Syed Mohammad Ali] Qureshi, Khomein's representative, came. He applied for the asphalting of the road that connects the seventeen villages of Khomein. Mr. [Ali Asghar] Jafari (Mortazawi), the representative of Flowerjan, came and complained about the [Islamic Republic] party.

I called Mustafafan Foundation about amending the statutes of the housing company. I warned the Urban Land Organization to hand over the lands of the housing cooperatives to the administrations, including the parliament. Ali Agha Safarian and his wife came from Noug [Rafsanjan] to say hello; They are cousins.

At noon, I listened to Imam's detailed message to pilgrims on the radio. It is very good. In the evening, a group of students from the "Institute on the Right Path" who study English in Tehran and Mr. Mahdian, who is in charge of the Islamic Culture Publishing Office, which was established before the revolution with the property of the late Tulit and with the wishes of me and Dr. Bahnar, came. I spoke for them. A group of teachers came. I gave them a detailed speech.

At night, we were guests of Ahmad Agha at the meeting of the heads of state. Imam also participated and explained the statements of foreign radios about the hijacked plane; Imams usually listen to foreign radios. A joint decision was made regarding the revision of the rice plan and Ayatollah Khamenei's trip to The Hague Court and the escorts of the personalities.