Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – November 24, 1983

I used to study until eight o'clock in the morning. We did not have any important news. In the public meeting, the bill of the Ministry of Jihad was discussed and the resignation of Mr. [Abbas] Dozdozani, representative of Tabriz, during the discussion, a verbal argument and insults occurred between him and Mr. Seyyed Hasan Mousavi Tabrizi [Representative of Hashtroud].

In the afternoon Mr. [Abul Qasim] Wafi [Taft representative] came and consulted about becoming a candidate from Yazd. Mr. Tayabani came from the Scientific and Industrial Research Organization. He complained about the lack of facilities. Mr. Hadi Khamenei [Friman's representative] came and complained about the lack of attention from me and the president and the opposition of the [Islamic Republic] party to him. Mrs. Behrouzi's son-in-law came and said something about factionalism and the possibility of making a case in the prime minister's information. A group of guest doctors came to the [medical] seminar and we negotiated; including the Austrian professor Behler. Dr. [Moussa] Zargar asked me to participate in the doctors' seminar; I accepted In the evening, at four o'clock, I went to Esteghlal Hotel - the former Hilton - and gave a speech to them. In the evening, a group of friends from the market came with Mr. Askar Ovaladi and because they paid little attention to them and preferred to line up against the herd, I gave an explanation and said that we are against differences. I participated in the meeting of the head quarters for Friday prayers [on the occasion of Hosseini's Arbaeen] and spoke to them, and then I came home. Dinner was sent to us from the same meeting. It was too much, we gave it to the guards; Fasanjan rice was good. Mr. Faqih Imani came from Isfahan and had a flock of friends of Mr. Taheri [Imam Juma of Isfahan] and brought one hundred and ten thousand tomans to help the front.