Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – October 23, 1983

I was studying in my office until half past seven in the morning. I called the front; The situation is good. In the parliament, before the order, I spoke about Saddamian's baran missile crimes against the cities and civilians. At half past nine, I came to my office to follow the work of the war and the damaged cities. Mr. Hadi came and there was a discussion about showing a reaction against the Soviets - who have provided Iraq with these missiles. He brought up the peaceful demonstration of Dezfuli students in front of the Soviet embassy; The Ministry of Interior also got the assignment.

Mr. Tahmasabi, the inventor of the small automatic tank - which is used automatically when moving explosives are found at a distance of two kilometers and shoots towards it - came from Isfahan. He told the problems of his work; I took action to fix it. It is a good invention. He is a student who acted according to his own taste; He is sensitive and quick-tempered, and departmental officials can hardly cooperate with him. I have paid most of its expenses from the war money that was available to the parliament. I spoke with [Mr. Mohsen Rafiq Dost] the Minister of the IRGC to pay more attention. Colonel Salimi [Defence Minister] came and consulted with the Prime Minister about traveling to North Korea. In the afternoon, the board of directors of the [members] of the [Islamic Republic] party came to the parliament and we consulted about the work of the center.

At noon, they said in the news that two American and French headquarters were blown up in Beirut and a large number of American and French marines were killed and injured. The Americans have accused Iran of being involved in this explosion and threatened to take revenge. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs denied it.