Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – August 29, 1989

Fati was taken to the hospital in pain. Chastity was also very upset; you are afraid Mr. [Hossein] Mahluji came. He is worried about not getting votes. I was supposed to go to the parliament before noon, but we decided to attend the evening session. I listened to the deliberations of the parliament until noon. The words of the ministers are more logical than the representatives. Mr. [Majid] Ghasemi [Central Bank Governor] came from the parliament. He said about the effort of Line 3 to oppose a group of ministers.

I went to the parliament at two o'clock in the afternoon. After the negotiations, I made the last defense to the ministers. It was reported that the radicals have decided to vote against six of the ministers who are not in their line. I criticized this decision in the talks. I returned to my office. We talked with Mohsen for a while. They announced the results of the voting and it turned out that all 22 ministers voted, which is a source of happiness and caused the radical line to be disappointed, which, contrary to the advice, failed. They thought they had a majority in the parliament.

Mr. [Hasan] Habibi asked on the phone that we should go to Behesht Zahra and Imam's shrine tomorrow; I accepted We informed Ahmad Agha that he can come if he wants. I spoke with Mr. Khamenei on the phone. They are happy with the result of the parliament vote. We are going to visit him tomorrow. I said that I would resign as the Commander-in-Chief in order to work for the country.

The night of chastity came. He said Fati's condition is better, but there is a possibility of miscarriage. Mr. [Mohammed Javad] Larijani came. He gave advice on foreign policy and peace negotiations. Mr. [Javad] Ajei came. He expressed concern that Ayatollah Khamenei has said that they will issue Mr. [Mirhossein] Mousavi's sentence for the three-year veterans' foundation. I wrote the memories of a few days that I had not written.