Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – October 23, 1985

After the morning prayer, I worked in my office until half past ten and read the reports. I signed the new decrees of the parliament staff. We discussed the remaining four ministers over the phone with Mr. President, Prime Minister and Mr. Ahmad Agha. It was decided that the board would have a meeting at noon.

A delegation from the three powers came to Qazvin to investigate the differences between Mr. [Ghadratullah] Alikhani and the people of Shall [from Qazvin provinces]. The report they brought was mostly in favor of Mr. Alikhani; Although they offered to replace him because of the speed. A group of security guards came and I spoke for them. Mr. [Asadullah] Badamchian came; He is very upset about the possible composition of the cabinet.

At noon, I went to Mr. [Mousavi] Ardabili's house for the meeting of the jury. Ahmad Agha also came. Finally, we decided on the rest of the ministers and prepared minutes of the meeting and sent them to the president and the prime minister. It is a combination that keeps both parties unhappy. Neither the demands of the prime minister and his supporters are fully satisfied, nor the demands of the president and his associates; Although it is more in line with the Prime Minister's wishes.

In the evening, the head of parliament had a meeting, and in the early evening, a group of radical representatives came and expressed their displeasure with the presence of Mr. [Hossein] Nili, [Alireza] Marandi, and [Mohammed] Gharehi in the cabinet. I advised them. I came home at night after doing office work. Mr. Shamkhani informed that this morning in the west of Umm al-Naaj lake, the Badr brigade - which consists of Iraqi Basijis who fled to Iran - operated and took more than 50 Iraqi prisoners and liberated 50 kilometers of Iraq and eight outposts.