Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – November 27, 1988

I reached the parliament at seven in the morning. Up to eight office tasks were done. I condoled Dr. [Kazem] Sami in the public meeting before the death order. He was assassinated by an unknown person with a knife in his office, and died after being transferred to the hospital and due to lack of treatment. The foreign media talk mischievously in such a way as to accuse the regime of killing him. Ayatollah Montazeri also gave a detailed message to his father. I was in the public meeting until half past ten.

In the breath, I spoke to a group of factory workers. In the afternoon Mr. [Majid] Ghasemi, the head of the Central Bank, came. It was reported that foreign currencies became more expensive due to the free entry of goods with free currency by the private sector. I told the bank to introduce some currency into the market to lower the price; They are against the free entry of goods.

Mr. Abdullah Nouri came. He made suggestions about reforming the country's management system in order to make the executive body more coherent. In the evening, Mr. [Ahmed] Salk came. He gave a report on the work of the Islamic Movement Guidance Center and asked for the budget and coordination of the relevant bodies.

Mr. Imam Juma of Kerman and Bam and Mr. Fallah [Prosecutor of the Revolution of Kerman] and... came from Kerman and spoke about the development of drug trafficking and the insecurity caused by the actions of armed traffickers around Bam and Kerman and the weakness of cultural works and asked for the strengthening of cultural, security and judicial affairs. I worked until half past eight and came home.