Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – December 8, 1983

I went to the assembly early in the morning. I read the reports. I started the public meeting at quarter past eight and came to my office. Mr. Yazdi chaired the meeting. The draft of the duty system and some questions were on the agenda. I did the backlog. In the afternoon, the engineers of a company that has patents came and claimed that the Ministry of Industries is not cooperating. Among their inventions was a solar oven that they brought; Because the weather was cloudy, we could not test.

After the test, it was decided to support the performers.

Mr. Najafi, the representative of Qomsha, came. He was worried that Ashikh Hassan Saneyi had gone there and was thinking of running for parliament. The representatives of Kurdistan came. They said about the positive effects of the Kurdistan Office; Although some people are suspicious and think that the office was created to control them. They had recommendations about there, and some of them suggested the release of the detained girls, and some of them, on the contrary, suggested the deportation of disturbing and oppositional people.

In the evening, the governors and governors of Kurdistan and West Azerbaijan came and reported on their successes. I also spoke for them. Then Mr. [Gholamreza] Aghazadeh [Head of Basij Economic Mobilization] came and discussed about activating land and foreign trade bills and labor law and such bills - which may not be voted in the next parliament. Mr. Khosrow Tehrani came and had information about the [establishment of the ministry] and gave information about the important sites left by the Americans in Behshahr and Kabkan - which were created to inform the Soviet - and suggested to visit there and determine the work policy.

In the afternoon, Mr. Ranjbar and a group of Chuka factory employees came and brought five hundred thousand tomans [aid] to the front. They complained to the factory director. I signed two marriage contracts for parliament employees. The representatives of Zabul came and asked for help to solve the problems; Among them, they complained about taking [responsibility] of the committee from Mr. Tabatabai's brother. The clerical branch of the Islamic Republic Party came; There were many people. They said something and I spoke for them. The leading engineer came and gave a report about the established small contracting companies that have a good workforce. 1808 companies have been established and need the help of banks and wanted approval.

I came home at night. I was bored Mr. Gharehi [Oil Minister] called from Geneva and consulted about OPEC decisions. The news came that we had a conflict with Iraq when the ship convoys were entering and leaving the Imam port. An Iraqi plane was shot down and two ships collided, but they did not sink.