Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – August 30, 1984

Until ten o'clock in the morning, I was reading about the statements of Orientalists about Islamic civilization and the way Muslims deal with others. At ten in the morning Mr. [Mohsen] Rezaei and Sayad [Shirazi] came; To present their own comprehensive plan for war. Mr. Sayad presented his revised and timed plan in writing, it is an example of army discipline. But Mr. Mohsen Rezaei had not arranged and gave a verbal explanation. It was decided to bring the completed [plan] in tomorrow's meeting with the presence of the president.

I spoke with the Prime Minister [Mr. Mirhossein Mousavi] on the phone about the rice plan and the sufficiency of seven hundred thousand tons of imports for the coupon quota and I said that we should leave the sale of domestic rice completely free. I also had a phone conversation with [Engineer Sirajuddin Kazrooni], Minister of Housing, about accelerating the delivery of land to housing cooperatives.

Mr. Sajjadizadeh Imam Juma of Kangan came and handed over a check in the amount of 300,000 Tomans donated by the people of that city for the expenses of the war fronts.

At night, Mr. Behzad Nabovi came. He was deeply saddened and disturbed that [Mr. Asadollah Lajordi], the prosecutor of the revolution in Tehran, had arrested his friends because of the prosecution of the prime minister's [building] explosion case. He believed that a line had been crossed and they wanted to settle [political] scores. I said that you yourself said in the parliament to pursue this case and wrote a letter. It was decided to talk to the Supreme Judicial Council to deal fairly. Mr. Ali Tehrani [employee of the prime minister], who has been detained since the beginning, said things that raised doubts.