Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – June 27, 1984

The head of the Majlis [Islamic Council] had a meeting. Mostly, the discussion was about the rights and privileges of the representatives of this period, which must be determined anew in each period. It seemed to be the same as last time. I had a few meetings with the representatives who asked more about the needs of their constituencies and solving the problems of disputes in the elections. In election campaigns, they have made promises to the people that they feel they cannot fulfill.

The Iraqis attacked a Swiss ship carrying our oil today. Six of the crew of the ship - who were Spanish - have been killed. The Prime Minister informed that [Mr. Mohammad Ghori] the Minister of Oil says that the amount of damage to the Khark wharf is 400 million dollars. I said the number is not correct, research again; Later he said they made a mistake, it is four hundred million tomans.

In the evening, the public opinion evaluation group of the Majlis [Islamic Council] - which has been dissolved - consulted. I had a meeting and an interview with French journalists. I answered many questions; It seems that their main goal is to evaluate the possibility of improving our relations with France.

Colonel Tarabi [responsible for the Imam's advisory office in the army] came and gave reports from the army.

I was supposed to participate in the Iftar banquet of the martyrs' families at Refah School, but the guards did not agree. I stayed in the parliament. We had iftar with the guards. I spent the night in the parliament listening to news and reading reports. I woke up with the sound of the radio that was set. Our hijacked plane returned from Egypt. Egyptians have sent plane hijackers to Baghdad; One of them is a refined gendarmerie officer.