Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – November 8, 1987

I arrived at the parliament at half past eight in the morning. I read up to ten reports. The Hungarian parliamentary delegation came to meet. The talks were about the development of cooperation. They brought an invitation from the Speaker of the Hungarian Parliament; I accepted They gave them a translation of the Koran in Magyar language.

Mr. [Gholamreza] Shafii, the Minister of Industries and Mr. Mahro, the head of the Industries Organization, came. They reported the status of the seized factories and expressed their concern about the pressure of the foundations to take the factories - based on the Imam's opinion, who said that the property was confiscated from the poor.

In the afternoon Mr. [Mohammed Nabi] Habibi, the deposed mayor of Tehran, came. He complains about the actions and statements of the Minister of Interior regarding his dismissal.

In the evening, I participated in the meeting of the Supreme War Support Council. It was decided to take part of the extra war expenses from the rich. The meeting of the heads of state was held in the office of Ayatollah Khamenei. A decision was made regarding the French hostages and the appointment of a representative to negotiate with the UN Secretary General regarding Resolution 598 based on his request. They talked about the situation of Ayatollah Montazeri and the need to try to normalize it. We expressed concern about the possibilities of the country's situation after the Imam of the Ummah. We have launched two missiles at Baghdad this evening. I came to the parliament to sleep and wrote this page that arrived at eleven o'clock at night.