Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – February 16, 1988

I reached the parliament early in the morning. it is snowing I saw the reports. I stayed in the public meeting until half past ten. The news came that a bomb exploded in Bahonar Street (Niavaran). On the way to the office, I had a conversation with a group of Tenkaban people.

Badamchian came in the breath of Mr. Esdaleh. He said that our Muslim students' union in Europe is acting on a line and it is fighting against the line of the teachers' community [Hourah Ilmia Qom]. Mr. Montazeri proposed to send a new representative to solve this problem.

A group of people came to Khuzestan. They brought money for the front; I returned to the Khuzestan army. They called from the front and said that Mr. Mousavi Ardabili, who was supposed to meet with the commanders at the Martyr Boroujerdi camp, did not stay there and messed up the plan and returned to Baneh. Mr. [Ali Akbar [Natiq] Noori] came to my office to consult about the parliamentary elections.

In the afternoon, Allameh Fazlullah [one of the Lebanese scholars] came. He asked about the state of our policy in relation to Syria, the Persian Gulf countries, the United States, the United Kingdom, etc., and made some remarks about Lebanon, emphasizing the continuation of economic aid and emphasizing the use of Lebanese forces in their own work.

In the evening, Dr. Rouhani was consulted about the foreign currency and rial budget for the war, he said that at twelve o'clock last night, Mr. Faruzandeh informed that the American helicopters had invaded the Persian island. Today, Mr. [Mohammed Javad] Asamipour from the Ministry of Oil had telegraphed that eight boats and a number of unknown helicopters attacked the Persian island last night, which was repelled. But when I asked the commander of the army navy, after the investigation, he said that nothing happened on the Persian island last night.

Mahdi called from the front. He informed that the road in Jihad's hands is still working for ten more days and Mr. Sanjaghi also said the same on the phone and claims that the operation has become difficult because of this issue.

The night of the meeting of the heads of forces was in my office. Mr. Mousavi Ardabili is at the front and Ahmad Agha did not come. They came from the Ministry of Information and reported on the recent Palestinian movement. They claim that the leader is in the hands of Muslims who are friends of Iran; We allowed help. They also consulted about Mr. Ray Shahri's trip to Pakistan, which did not go anywhere.

Ayatollah Khamenei announced that the Soviet leader [Mikhail] Gorbachev sent him a message and asked us to help them to facilitate the withdrawal of the Soviet Union from Afghanistan. We decided to ask what he expected and specify the type of help. I stayed the night in the parliament.