Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – December 8, 1990

I went to the office early in the morning. I reviewed a part of the speech for presenting the 1970 budget to the parliament, which was prepared by the Program and Budget Organization. Mr. Dr. Hashemi [Golpaigani] came for the order of the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution. I did an interview for the anniversary of the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution.

Mr. Seyyed [Mohammed Hossein] Fazlullah, [a well-known scholar] came to Lebanon. He told about the situation there and praised our policy. He thanked us for our action to resolve the dispute between Amal and Hezbollah and called for more seriousness to fully resolve the dispute, appoint a strong ambassador in Lebanon, resolve the issue of Lebanese hostages and strengthen relations with the Lebanese government. He also said about helping himself in fulfilling his obligations, which he used to pay through the funds received from Kuwait, but now it has been stopped.

Dr. [Hasan] Rouhani came for the meeting agenda of the Supreme National Security Council. Dr. [Hasan] Habibi came for current affairs and press cooperation program; He said that five members of the Guardian Council are of the opinion that the foreign currency budget is against the constitution and should be Riyal. Two people are hesitant; The final vote will be announced tomorrow. Also, the Guardian Council has considered the removal of a part of the credit of the radio station to be against Sharia law and against the constitution.

Mr. [Mohammed] Ghori, [Minister of Post, Telegraph and Telephone] came and asked for more credit. In the evening Dr. Velayati, [Minister of Foreign Affairs] came. gave the report of the trip to France; He is very satisfied. He said Mr. [Francois] Mitterrand, [President of France], sent me a message that we should resolve financial disputes and make more efforts to develop relations.

The Supreme National Security Council had a meeting. Dr. Velayati [Minister of Foreign Affairs] and [Mr. Mohammad Ali Nazaran], the head of the POW Commission, reported. There was also a discussion about the weak performance of the inter-parliamentary delegation, which was chaired by Mr. [Syed Ali Akbar] Mohtashmi, and participated in Uruguay this year. As a result of the board's mismanagement, it was unanimously approved to register the name of the Persian Gulf as "Arabian-Persian Gulf" and to include Iran in the group of Asian countries.

Some people tried hard to somehow justify this weakness, but it was not possible; During the entire period of Iran's isolation, the Arabs could not get such a resolution. This happened in this conference where Iran was in the best international conditions. This subject was severely criticized by the majority of the meeting. It was decided that Mr. [Mahdi] Karroubi, [Speaker of the Parliament], would raise the issue in the board and after asking the members of the board for an explanation, a solution would be found through the United Nations and the head of the conference.

Mr. [Mohsen] Nurbakhsh, [Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance] and [Masoud Roghani] Zanjani, [Head of the Planning and Budget Organization] and [Syed Mohammad Hossein] Adli, [Chairman of the Central Bank] came. They expressed concern about the increase in the budget of 1970; Although they have approved it themselves. I came home