Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – May 16, 1990

I went to my office at half past seven in the morning. The duty officer was not on duty and the meeting of the ladies with Mrs. Bhutto was disrupted. I told him to change his place of service and I questioned Mr. [Syed Mohammad] Mirmohammadi, [Head of the President's Office] about the lack of proper arrangement of the women's meeting schedule; It's finally done. Fati, [Ms. Shirin Khoshnovisan,] Dr. Velayati's wife, [Ms. Shafiqa Raheedah,] Dr. Habibi's wife and Azam [Hashmipour, Mohsen's wife] went. Fati is satisfied with his meeting. In general, the work of public relations, formalities and office in this meeting had problems that I pointed out. I did the remaining work from yesterday.

Mr. [Mahmoud] Islamian, the new governor of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, came to say goodbye and consult on affairs there. Mr. [Masih] Mohajeri, [director of the newspaper Jumohri-e-Islami] came and asked about how to deal with the harsh declaration of the liberals. The board of trustees of the university witnessed the meeting; The statute was amended. We were supposed to have a discussion with Mr. [Mahdi] Karroubi, the [Chairman of the Islamic Council], before the meeting, but he did not arrive, and his excuse was that the two vice-chairmen were absent.

In the evening, the government board had a meeting. Several bills were approved. We examined the issue of Mrs. Bhutto's trip and Pakistan's request regarding Iran's support in case of India's military attack on them. The problem of dividing engineering machinery and spare parts was also discussed due to the shortage and high need.

I told Mr. [Ali] Falahian, [Information Minister] to investigate the issues of the liberals' open letter in a legal manner and without exaggeration. I returned to my office. Fever and chills came to me; I took a sedative. I prayed Maghrib and Isha prayers and rested. Dr. [Hadi] Manafi came for a visit. I stayed in my office at night. I ate soup and medicine and slept; It seems that it is mostly due to fatigue.