Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – October 3, 1985

After the prayer, I wrote a letter to Mr. [Abdul Salam] Jalud [Muammar Gaddafi's deputy] and complained about the delay in sending the promised defense equipment. I wrote the Farsi text of the Arabic sermon for the Friday prayer and sent it for translation.

Before the meeting became official, I warned the representatives that since Ayatollah Khamenei has decided to introduce Mr. [Mirhossein] Mousavi as the prime minister, it is better not to talk about this in the speeches before the order. Before the order, I spoke about the events in Tripoli, Lebanon and Israel's attack on Tunisia against the Palestinian headquarters. After some work, I left the meeting to Mr. Yazdi and went to my office to do the backlog.

Mr. [Rasul] Mutjabnia, who had stayed in Khark Island on my behalf, came and reported the events. Progress is not optimal; It was decided to follow up. In the afternoon, the representatives returned for their work. In the evening, the head of Shahid Foundation's matchmaking office came and gave a work report, and I offered my comments. He said that we have about three thousand wives of martyrs in Tehran.

I participated in the meeting of the Supreme Council of Defense and then had an interview. At night, we had a discussion with Mr. [Ayatollah] Khamenei. He said that in today's meeting with the Imam, they ordered that if they do not reach an agreement with Mr. [Mirhossein] Mousavi about the ministers, the opinion of two of the three people, myself, Ahmad Agha and Mr. [Mousavi] Ardabili will be the ruling. Alhamdulillah, the problem of the government board was solved, but this judgment is a problem for me.