Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – March 20, 1985

I worked in my office until half past two in the afternoon. I read the reports. The [news agencies] of the world are still confused about the results of the Badr operation. At three o'clock [in the afternoon], the parliament session was convened to amend the budget bill. Before the meeting, I told the representatives about the war situation and pointed out that our goals were not met in the operation.

After the meeting, due to the lack of time and the end of the current year, I received the Guardian Council's approval [on the 1364 budget bill] by phone, and I communicated the 1364 budget bill and came home to be at home when the year is delivered. On the way [I heard from the car radio that] red status was announced and anti-aircraft were activated. The moment the Imam's message was broadcast [on TV], the electricity in the city went off.

At night, we were guests of Ahmad Agha with the leaders of the forces. Imam also participated in the meeting. We talked with him a bit about [launching] surface-to-surface missiles to Baghdad and countering Iraq and future war plans. I came home and wrote the last pages of the 1363 memoirs, which, God willing, will remain as a part of the [remaining] documents for the history of Iran.

In the final summary of the end of the year, a part of which was also discussed in tonight's meeting at the Imam's house, [they were]: the differences of the commanders of the army and the IRGC, and the duality of tastes in the way of war, which has caused repeated delays and wasted time, and caused many losses, and the unreserved support of arrogance and reaction to Saddam and giving the green light [to the Iraqi regime], for any evil and committing crimes and violating international regulations in order to compensate for the weakness of the [Baath Party] Iraq on the fronts and the weakening of the morale of the Iranian people is an important chapter in the history of shame for the claimants of democracy, human rights and world order.