Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – December 4, 1989

After prayer, I worked until nine o'clock in the morning. In foreign reports, the first issue is the developments in the Eastern world and communist countries. The Minister of Interior informed that large demonstrations have started in Soviet Azerbaijan and they are chanting the unity of Azerbaijan and there is a possibility of people crossing the border in the same way as people crossing the border from East Berlin to West Berlin. Mr. [Jalil] Besharati [head of the deprived areas office of the presidential institution] came. It was discussed about the deprived points.

I had several meetings until noon. it is raining Mr. [Hamid] Mirzadeh informed about the flood in Khuzestan and Bushehr and some other provinces and requested to send help and send a helicopter. In the evening, the Economic Council had a meeting. Until Maghrib, the pre-sale of industrial products was negotiated for the acquisition of Rials; We didn't get anywhere.

After Maghrib prayer, I went to the Majlis for dinner. Ayatollah Khamenei was also supposed to be there, who announced at the last moment that he had a cold and would not come.

Before the official meeting, we had various discussions with the representatives in the hall. Mr. [Mahdi] Karroubi [Chairman of the Islamic Council] welcomed and the representatives raised questions about the five-year plan and I gave explanations. It was useful; I cleared the doubts that were created in the minds of some representatives. There were also a group of representatives at the dinner table. They were usually satisfied and happy with the negotiations. I came home It was late. Today it rained a lot in Tehran and most cities.