Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – July 17, 1988

I went to the parliament first. I read the reports. The enemy has retreated from Dehlran and other areas. I went to Ayatollah Khamenei's office. I participated in the meeting that was held to hear and justify the Imam's opinion on accepting the ceasefire. There were a group of members of parliament and a group of ministers and a group of members of the Guardian Council and the Assembly of Experts and the Society of Teachers [Qom Theological Seminary] and a group of military personnel.

Mr. Khamenei spoke briefly as the moderator of the meeting, and Mr. Ahmad read the Imam's message, the content of which was the lack of hope for victory anytime soon, according to the military commanders of the IRGC and the army, and the request for many facilities for war based on the IRGC commander's letter, which the government is unable to do, and finally the prohibition and threat of the extremists to oppose this decision, and because it had emotional themes, it affected the meeting and many cried.

Then I explained in detail the reasons for this decision. Then the military commanders, Hosni Saadi and Shamkhani told the military reasons and [Mrs. Irvani and Roghani Zanjani] the ministers

The economy and financial problems of the program meant the continuation of the war. Then comments and solutions were presented to implement Imam's opinion. The majority of the audience agreed and were satisfied. One or two people suggested that it should not end with the Imam's name, which was not accepted.

After prayer and lunch, the discussion continued. The best solution was to accept Security Council Resolution 598, and notes on the quality of propaganda and justification and dealing with the enemy were noted.

Then we held a meeting with the presence of the President, the Prime Minister, and the Chairman of the Supreme Judicial Council, Ahmad Agha and Mohammad Javad Larijani, and agreed that Mr. Mohammad Jafar Mehlati, Iran's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, should be notified at the earliest opportunity to announce the acceptance of the resolution by Iran to the Secretary General of the United Nations.

I went to the parliament. I did the work and for explanation work and to prevent the reactions of hot or sad people, consultation and negotiation with the related centers. At first, the imam was not supposed to write anything, and after our announcement, the imam was supposed to confirm, but Ahmad Agha's plan was effective and the imam wrote a message; To solve possible problems. Ahmad Agha did a great job.