Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – March 22, 1988

I was at home. I negotiated with Mr. [Syed Ali Akbar Mohtashmipour] the Minister of Interior about the qualification of some current representatives for the next Parliament. He said that the executive boards have rejected the qualifications of thirteen representatives; Most of them are from the conservative line and some of them are from the opposite line, including Mr. [Syed Reza] Zavarei, [Abdelreza] Asadinia, [Morteza] Fahim [Kermani], [Syed Ahmad] Hosseini Sirjani, [Syed Farajullah] Afrazideh, [Younes] Mohammadi, [Qasim Mehrzad] Sedqiani, Fawad Karimi, [Jamshid] Mozheri, [Qasim] Memari, [Syed Mohammad Mahdi Tabatabaei] Shirazi and [Jaafar] Shajuni, and he cannot do anything. The supervisory board of the Guardian Council must give the final opinion.

Ahmad Agha informed that the imam does not accept the proposed restrictions and their opinion is that the assembly can put plans and bills at any stage and other important issues on the agenda without obtaining specific permission from the imam. I said that it discourages the institutions of the system and practically others see themselves as powerless and it causes indifference; He also agreed with my opinion.

In the evening, an Iraqi missile hit Tehran. Today, Iraq has bombed several cities and dropped chemical bombs in three villages of Marivan. Reciprocation was ordered. We had refrained from hitting Iraqi cities for 36 hours.

Shab Akhvi Mohammad [head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting Organization] came and brought a film that they prepared in connection with the chemical bombing of the city of Halabja; It is very terrible and pathetic. If it is spread inside Iran, people will go wild from the chemical attack. Good for outdoor advertising.

Mohsen arrived from Rafsanjan. He defined the problem of getting stuck in the sandstorm on the Yazd-Nain route; It is dangerous and all the windows of the car are broken.