Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – August 8, 1989

Exercise, swimming pool, breakfast, going to parliament and reading reports. Mr. [Mohammed] Moazzi [= Moazzuddin] representative of Isfahan came. He criticized the Minister of Agriculture and demanded his replacement. Dr. [Hasan] Rouhani came. He mentioned the problems of the Ministry of Information and expressed his unwillingness for this position; I did not insist.

[Mr. Hossein Ghazizadeh Hashemi and Yeghmor Qolizadeh] the representatives of Freeman and Minodasht came and expressed their needs for their constituencies. [Mr. Gholamreza Faruzesh] Minister of Jihad [Construction] came. He told the future plan and past performance. [Mr. Mohammad Ali Najafi] Minister of Education came. He told the plans and tasks and problems and needs. Dr. [Iraj] Fazel came. There was a discussion about the Ministry of Health and Medicine, hospitals, medicine, etc., and he told about the future plans and ways to improve the situation and medical policy of the country.

Akhvi Mohammad [Chairman of the Broadcasting Organization] came. He brought the organizational chart for the presidential establishment. I told him to coordinate the praise and criticism of the performances in Salam Sob Bekhir program [TV] and similar programs, and I decided to assign people in the organization to compensate for the deficiencies and announce the results to the people. Mehdi and Yaser came to follow up on the requests of people and fighters.

Mr. [Mahmoud] Vaezi [Deputy for Europe and America of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs] informed that the ambassadors of the Western governments have come together and requested that the issues of Lebanon and the hostages and Iran's relations with the United States and England and the resolution be investigated and resolved at the same time, and he himself answered that Sheikh [Abdul Karim] Obeid [the Friday imam of Jabshit village in Lebanon] should be released first unconditionally. I said it was not right for him to comment himself. He should not answer in order to ask for an opinion from the higher authorities. I also talked to the leadership about this; They had the same opinion as me.

Mr. Mousavi Khoiniha [the Prosecutor General of the country] said on the phone that it is not right to delay Mr. Mousavi Ardabili's work. It is better to clarify the situation sooner. I worked in my office until half past nine at night and came home tired. I ate dinner and slept.