Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – July 1, 1984

Some people who wanted to attend the Imam's meeting and did not have a meeting card, used to cross the [inspection] barriers in the name of our house. We have such cases on the days of the Imam's visit. I went to Hosseinieh Jamaran, almost all the personalities and heads of the organizations were there. First, as usual, Mr. President spoke and congratulated [Eid al-Fitr]. Then Imam spoke on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr and... From the basement of Hosseinieh, a window opens to our yard, through which I usually enter the house in such meetings to escape the crowd of people.

Messrs. [Masih] Mohajeri and [Syed Mohammad Reza] Beheshti [from the Islamic Republic Party] came. They talked about the differences between the two [political] currents in the party, society and parliament. They said, according to my advice, they have fallen short, but they have not yet seen a suitable reaction from the other side. I said Mr. Mousavi's government should be careful and attract them. At the moment, most of them have been removed from executive work, and it is natural that they disagree and do not have a good relationship.

In the evening, Ahmad Agha said on the phone, Imam heard from Israel Radio that Iraq claimed to have hit six Iranian ships and one plane. Imams usually listen to foreign radios. Today, we had a convoy of ships in Mahshahr port. [To Ahmad Agha] I said that one ship has sunk, one has been damaged and three ships have run aground. In the evening, I watched TV; There was a theater about "being caught by a fisherman" which seemed to me that the artists had done something wrong; It must be dealt with.