Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – May 7, 1988

I went to the parliament at nine in the morning. At ten o'clock, Mr. Saeed al-Zhakreen, the public relations officer, came to get an assignment regarding the meetings of the end of this term and the beginning of the next term of the parliament, and he presented his opinions about the division of the fighting clerical community. Mr. Seyed Mahmoud Alavi, the representative of Lamard, came. He was saddened by the defeat in the third term election. He says that his rival has used the power of Khanin.] Mr. Mohammad Javad Irvani [Minister] of Economic Affairs and [Treasure] came. Currency, taxes, labor recruitment bill, general state of the economy, financial problems, inflation and many other things were discussed. In the evening [Mr. Abbas Ali Zali], the Minister of Agriculture came. He gave a report on the agricultural situation. He complained about the late arrival of foreign currency credits and asked for more foreign currency credits for more important measures and brought the pamphlets of agricultural promotion education and said that the Supreme Council of Agriculture was delayed. Mr. Hedayat] Lotfian] the commander of Hamza Seyyed al-Shohada (pbuh) camp came. He spoke about the necessity of centralizing affairs in Kurdistan and presented pessimistic analyses.

Mr. [Habibullah] Askar Oladi came. He mentioned the services of the Imam's relief committee and asked for more facilities to help the poor people, and appreciated my independent and impartial positions and said that the Risalat newspaper [the organ of the right wing] has also been adjusted and considered the Imam's agreement with the division of the fighting clerical society as the Imam's wisdom.

We went to Mr. Khamenei's office after breaking the fast. It was a meeting of the heads of forces. Mr. [Mohammed Jafar [Mehlati and] Siros] Naseri and Dr. Velayati came. They got permission to continue negotiating with the UN Secretary General on the axis of the plan and permission to file a lawsuit against the United States in The Hague and the Security Council for encroaching on Iran's oil platform and complaining about the Halabja disaster in the Security Council.

From France, Deputy Prime Minister [Jacques Chirac spoke on the phone with Mr. Alireza Moiri] and thanked us for our help in freeing the hostages and emphasized on keeping our promises. The army and the IRGC were also discussed. I decided to bring the scenario of good use of their facilities. Mr. Mousavi Ardabili criticized his name in the list of supporters of the militant clergy community without obtaining permission and said he denies it. I said it is a harmful action, they should not do it, but they are angry.

I reached home at twelve o'clock at night and did not sleep until morning to recover. Do not sleep modesty. Mehdi and Yaser, who had gone to the mosque, arrived for dawn.