Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – July 23, 1986

Before the order, I spoke about the visit of the Prime Minister of Israel [Shimon Peres] to Morocco [and meeting with King Hassan II of this country] and condemned it. I stayed in the meeting until half past nine in the morning. The medical system bill was discussed. Some doctors have gone on strike for one day as a protest against this bill.

At ten o'clock, I went to the IRGC headquarters to give a speech at the IRGC commanders' seminar and talked about the need to speed up operations and equip five hundred battalions. During the lecture, they announced that the situation was red and I heard the sound of an explosion. Later it turned out that they threw a bomb in Parchin. Thank God that he did not touch sensitive areas. A wool warehouse caught fire, which was extinguished and seven people were injured. There are explosives there and it is very dangerous. It is clear that they came with previous information.

They also attacked the Isfahan iron smelting factory, which was also damaged. I told the War Propaganda Headquarters to report that the area around Tehran has been attacked and that we will take revenge. After driving Iraq out of Mehran and occupying a point in Iraqi territory, the Iraqi army has turned to attacking cities to restore morale. Iraq usually engages in such evils when it loses on the front.

Mr. Tarami, our ambassador in Saudi Arabia, came. He told about the darkness of relations and the lack of a favorable response to the proposals to praise our relations. We are supposed to have a more persistent policy towards them and raise the issues of the management of the two holy shrines and the reconstruction of the Baqi, and having a jurisprudence chair in the Hajj ceremony for pilgrims and demonstrations against America.

The security guard came. The protection of representatives - recently reduced by the decision of the Security Council - was negotiated. In the evening, the chairman of the parliament had a meeting. It was decided to give the report of the Algerian statement commission to the parliament commissions for the representatives to study, then to think about it for discussion and decision making.

I stayed the night in the parliament. I consulted about launching rockets into Baghdad. I am waiting to get the opinion of the president and the prime minister. They are currently in Mashhad [to participate in the funeral ceremony of Abu Ayatollah Khamenei].