Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – June 26, 1984

At nine o'clock in the morning, the public session of the Majlis [Islamic Council] began. Most of the time of the meeting was spent examining the credentials of Mr. [Miraboulfazl Seydrihani] Mousavi Tabrizi - who was objected to because of his past cooperation with Mr. [Ayatollah Seyyed Kazem] Shariatmadari - but he gave a good opinion; 206 people [voted in favor] out of 218 people [present in the meeting]. In the evening, I did an interview with the newspaper Information about the Haft Tir incident and then a detailed interview with foreign journalists about the major issues of the war, the country, and the revolution.

[Colonel Tarabi], the head of the Imam's consultation office, came and gave a report on the situation of the hijackers and the return of the passengers [of the hijacked plane]; They have been interrogated. They claimed that the Egyptian officers were in favor of the Iranian revolution, but the French insisted on forcing these four people to apply for asylum, and the fugitives had no political affiliation.

I read the reports. Our passenger plane was hijacked from the south of [Iran] and landed in Qatar. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is trying not to let [the hijacked plane] leave Qatar. They use all means to pressure Iran; Including from the fifth column and their internal agents, as well as hitting ships, civilian planes and cities.

I came home near iftar. Ahmad Agha came and informed that Mr. [Mohsen] Rezaei wrote a letter to the Imam and requested that no pressure be placed on them to carry out the operation so that they can prepare. I was surprised that they themselves determine the time [of operations] and change it regularly. This time, unlike the Khyber operation, the army is more prepared than the IRGC.