Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – February 17, 1990

I reached my office at 7:30 in the morning and did the backlog until 9:00. [Mr Fenika Mulbukita] the Speaker of the Zambian Parliament came. He brought a letter from President Kenneth Kaunda. The talks were about the African continent and cooperation.

[Mr. Juan Antonio] Samaranesh [Sheikh Fahd] President of the World Olympic [Council] came. [Sheikh Fahd] the head of Olympic Asia, who is a Kuwaiti, was with him. The Ministry of Intelligence was against the meeting of Kuwait, which is said to be one of Iraq's supporters.

I asked Mr. Dr. [Hasan] Ghafour Fard [Head of Physical Education Organization] and Mr. [Abdullah] Nouri [Interior Minister] for an explanation about the events of yesterday. It turned out that the football officials are also to blame for the way of announcing the cancellation and the lack of necessary forecasts. And the city police who have been forgiving; It was supposed to be followed up.

Mr. Ishaq Madani [Advisor to the President on Sunni Affairs] came. He brought the report of the trip to Bangladesh and talks with the Sunni scholars there, and talked about the trip to the Sunni republics of the Soviet Union. It was decided to visit the flooded areas of Baluchistan. Dr. [Hasan] Habibi came for current affairs.

In the evening, the Supreme National Security Council had a meeting. It was discussed and decided to improve relations with the countries of the south of the Persian Gulf. The issues of Kurdistan were discussed, but it remained unfinished. At night, we were with Mr. Ahmad Agha, Mr. Khamenei's guest. There was a discussion about the issues of the Muslim republics of the Soviet Union, which have suffered from the inflammation of independence. I stayed in my office.