Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – December 9, 1987

I came to the parliament at half past eight in the morning. In the reports, the agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union to eliminate medium-range nuclear missiles is at the top and important. Mr. [Mohammed Javad] Larijani came. Reported the negotiation with the UN Secretary General regarding Resolution 598. is satisfied He believes that we can continue the negotiations for some time.

Haeri Shirazi brothers came. He passed more on compliments and Imam Juma of Shiraz gave a warning about elections and misuse of government facilities. It turned out that the information was given to him by the Article 90 Commission.

The commanders of Basij training centers came. Mr. [Mohammed Ali [Rahmani] Basij commander] gave a work report and I spoke for them. The representative of Efrain came. He gave a plan to fight drug addiction and the use of a medicinal plant called chicory (Barijeh), which he said was very important.

In the afternoon, Mr. [Ibrahim] Sanjaghi came for war matters. He had brought a book by an American sociologist who predicted that in 1990, a severe crisis would engulf America. This sociologist claimed that in the 1970s, he predicted the fall of the Shah, the victory of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, the eight-year war between Iran and Iraq, etc. In the evening Dr. Velayati came and consulted for a trip to Pakistan. The Presidium of the Parliament had a meeting.

At night, the leaders were my guests in the assembly. Ahmad Agha said that summoning the imam is for changing the will. Regarding France, we are satisfied with the progress of the work. Chirac got into a fight with the hypocrites and had to engage in propaganda against them because of the propaganda of his internal rivals and others. Evidence shows that they are serious. It was decided that Mr. Rajaei Khorasani will stay in America for the time being due to his need for experience and familiarity with affairs and people. We arrived home late.