Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – June 6, 1987

I was at home. I spent my time reading reports until noon. Tahkim Vahdat office consulted about the content and form of the march against the intervention of the superpowers in the Persian Gulf and Kuwait. I told them not to pay attention to Kuwait and not to say too much bad things about the Soviet Union, and to attack America more and in front of the UN office, to ask the Security Council to demand the trial of the aggressor Saddam Hussein.

Mr. Ahmad came. He defended that he was the subject of our complaint during the premature disclosure of the party's closure as liquidation through the [Imam's] office. He talked about the efforts of the Guardian Council to defend against the recent pressures and informed that the Imam is somewhat ready to amend the constitution, but his own opinion was against it, because the progressive aspects of the constitution may be weakened under the pressure of the conservatives. He asked me to ask the imam to allow him to visit Mr. Montazeri. Since the time of Seyyed Mehdi Hashemi's issue, Imam has not allowed him to go to meet Ayatollah Montazeri.

At noon, the children were Mohsen's guests and I was alone at home. I used the swimming pool for the first time in the evening. The water is still cold and the pool is too small; It is a doctor's order.

Mr. [Saeed] Rajaee Khorasani, the [permanent] representative of Iran at the United Nations, came. He claims that the Security Council is not in a position to reach an important decision against us and we should not worry or make statements indicating concern and also said that the Americans have sent a message through the representative of Algeria that they want to solve their problem with Iran. I said that they should first show their goodwill by releasing our property and I let him speak directly to them.

Mr. [Syed Mohammad Kazem] Khansari, our ambassador in Libya, came. Recently, he met with [Libyan leader] [Muammar] Gaddafi and [Abd al-Salam] Jaloud, and they emphasized their friendship with Iran and asked for the coldness of relations to decrease, and they opposed the termination of our ambassador's mission.

Akhwan Alam Al-Hadi came to Ahwazi. They told about the problems within the army. Martyr Beheshti's wife came. They talked about the management of financial issues, books and home, and requested that Mr. Beheshti's speeches be broadcast more on the radio. They brought the work from the parliament, I did it. We did not have an important problem.