Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – December 26, 1984

After the morning prayer, I studied. Mr. [Salah] Zawawi, the Palestinian ambassador, came; While admitting the mistake of Fatah's leadership, he complained that Iran does not provide major aid to the Palestinian people and Iranian officials do not give them an appointment. I acknowledged that we should provide more welfare assistance to the Palestinians. At night, I raised [his content] in the meeting of the heads of forces; We decided to help more.

Mr. Bahrami, Iranian arbitrator, came to the Hague court. He gave a report and was worried about Dr. [Mahmoud] Kashani's objections. I told them that an agreement should be made with the American company that sold the tunnel digging machines in Tehran and only delivered two of the three machines to finish the work. I had a meeting with the foreign minister of North Korea. We didn't have anything important; It was ceremonial.

Mr. Abbas Ali Zali [Minister of Agriculture] came. He complained about the fact that they gave the reform of the dam to the [Ministry] of Jihad [Construction]. I told him to give an interview about the agricultural use of the Horulhuyza area - to justify the activities of military supplies there.

We had a meeting with the presence of the president and IRGC officials; In order to consult on the quality of dealing with the opponents of the IRGC commander - who have been ordered to be tolerated by the Imam - it was decided to apply the policy of attracting them. In the evening, the board of parliament had a meeting.

At night, we were the guests of Mr. [Mousavi] Ardabili [President of the Supreme Court of the country]. We made decisions about the country's issues; Including the meeting with Mr. Montazeri. I came home late. A Spanish oil tanker going to the Saudi coast was hit and an Indian ship was also hit by a missile yesterday. In this regard, in tonight's meeting, it was discussed and agreed to negotiate with the countries of the south of the Persian Gulf to try to stop the ship in general.