Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – August 6, 1986

I came to the parliament at nine o'clock in the morning. Parliament is closed. The West German ambassador came. I warned about the necessity of completing half-finished projects. The ambassador of South Korea came. He wanted to convert the consulate into an embassy and requested the release of a Korean diplomat who was kidnapped in Lebanon. I declared ignorance.

The judicial officer of Martyr Motahari headquarters came and complained about the way the deputies were dealing with the guards. The selection officials of Islamic Azad University came. I spoke for them in detail.

I followed up on the possibility of a coup in Iraq. Mr. Shaykh al-Islam informed that Al-Sharq newspaper in Lebanon has also raised the issue and that the flight of the Iraqi plane to Saudi Arabia has been delayed and we have no other evidence. In the afternoon, Mr. Abdallah Nouri [Chairman of the Parliament's Program and Budget Commission] and Colonel Hosni Saadi [Army Ground Force Commander] came to negotiate the army budget and war and ground force issues.

Mr. Riaz came in the evening. About Dr. [Ebrahim] Yazdi, who returned from America, he also had information about weapons purchases. The representatives of university jihad councils came. I spoke for them and they gave a report. [Mr. Gholamreza Shafi] Minister of Industries and deputies came. They gave good reports that the industries are moving towards independence from the government currency. We were the guests of the president. It is almost clear that the alleged coup in Iraq either did not exist at all or failed. There was also a discussion about the entry of Syrian forces to the south of Beirut.