Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – November 20, 1988

I reached the parliament at seven in the morning. It is not important in the reports. I was at the public meeting until noon. I came to my office out of breath and Dr. Rouhani gave a report on the Geneva talks. Chastity came to the assembly at noon. Algerian doctor also came and brought his medicines that were given by other doctors.

Golpayegani's teenager, whose brain is like a computer and which was shown on TV not long ago, came with his father and cousin. It is exceptional only in this case. His head is a little bigger than normal. They said that he fell down as a child and suffered from an epileptic condition, this may be related to it. I told Dr. Jazayeri to make him undergo further examination and tests. His father is a retired police constable. He is in debt and asked for help. I told [Mr. Behzad Nabawi] the Minister of Heavy Industries to give him a car at the government price. His last name is "Riyazat".

Mr. Rajaian came. He brought a person named Ansari who had a plan to build a light plane. He used to work with the IRGC in this field, he went abroad and completed his plan and now he wants to implement it. He wanted permission to do it himself, I said there is no problem, but it is better to work with the IRGC or the army. In the evening, Chastity went to buy the necessities of life.

Our ambassador Mr. Yacoubi came to Algeria. gave a report on recent events in Algeria. He believes that Shazli bin Jadib [Algerian President] used the incident and made his intentions public and drove the opposition out of the field, and at the same time, our relations have cooled, because our propaganda and positions were against their wishes, and he sent a message from the Palestinian Islamic Jihad Organization to help

They have asked for more. I worked in my office until half past eight. I made up some of the backlog of travel days.