Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – January 21, 1989

I arrived late to the parliament. Mr. Ramezani, the prosecutor of Isfahan, came. He gave a report on the situation in Isfahan regarding the dispute between the scholars, the absence of Friday Imams, the lack of political attention, the ambiguities and inconsistencies of officials and institutions. He wanted me to take a trip to Isfahan; I gave some tips.

Bank managers came. They told about the performance and monetary situation of the country and work problems. They explained the attraction of liquidity and the development of services and facilities and future plans and the lack of cooperation between radio and television and the necessity of developing the banking network.

Mr. Bazargan, the deputy of the self-sufficiency of the air force, came. He complained about the non-cooperation of the command of the force and appealed for financial affairs and encouragement. Mr. Mousavi came to represent Ahvaz. He appealed to solve the problem of disputes in Ahvaz and said that the Minister of Interior did not help and acted unilaterally. We were supposed to warn you.

Mr. Agha Mohammadi came. The decision of Mr. [Syed Mohammad Baqir] Hakim in supervising the affairs of the Badr Corps and the budget of Iraqi opposition groups residing in Iran was discussed. [Mr. Seyyed Mohammad Haeri] the representative of Dehlran and Mehran came from Ilam and asked for a certificate of appreciation for the nomads there and help for the library, and he brought a letter from the people of Mehran and Dehlran who wanted the cities to be rebuilt in the same place. Imam Juma complains about the differences between Mr. Marwarid and Mr. Mohammadi.

The envoy of the President of Kenya came. He informed that our hostages in Lebanon were martyred in 1962 and demanded to exchange British hostages and three Israeli prisoners with 90 Shiite prisoners in Israel. I told them to bring the names of the desired prisoners and the works of our hostages.

At night [Mr. Mohammad Saeedi Kia] the Minister of Roads and Transport and [Mohammed] Faruzandeh [Commander of IRGC Combat Engineering] came. They were allowed to install two kilometers of Fajr bridges in Lake Urmia. The meeting of the heads of forces was held in Mr. Khamenei's office. Dr. Velayati is going to Syria. The quality of solving the problem of Lebanese Shiites was discussed. It was decided to attract the support of Hezbollah and Amali and prevent the conflict. Regarding the Geneva negotiations, it was decided that the 1975 Algerian agreement would be inviolable and the negotiations would continue and a number of Iraqi prisoners would be released.

At the end of the night, Dr. [Alireza] Marandi [Minister of Health, Treatment and Medical Education] and Dr. [Abdullah] Jasbi [President of Islamic Azad University] came to resolve the dispute about the medical schools of Islamic Azad University. Marandi wants to close 10 out of 13 (university) units under the pretext of lack of hospitals; I said that they should merge at most a few units and accept fewer students in the coming years. I arrived home late.