Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – September 16, 1987

I was at home until eight in the morning. I came to the parliament. I had a meeting with the foreign minister of Algeria. General issues regarding solving the problem of cooperation in the Islamic world were raised. Doctor Laiti came later and said [Algerian Foreign Minister] would like to be a mediator between us and France in solving the problems; Therefore, we allowed Mr. Yaqoubi to negotiate and take action to some extent.

Mr. Mostafavi - who recently became Iran's ambassador to [West] Germany - came to say goodbye. I gave a message to Herr [Hans Dietrich] Genscher [West German Foreign Minister]. This message was in response to his letter, which thanked us for the release of a hostage in Lebanon and announced good positions.

An interview with TV [I. T. I had England. In this interview, I talked about the important issues of war and the Security Council, hostages and Saudi Arabia. In the afternoon, Mr. Hosseini Shahroudi, the representative of Shahroud, came and gave a report on the events in Mecca. To some extent, he puts the blame on the Qamanites and doubts that Saudi Arabia had a plan in advance for such a disaster. Reported the trip to Türkiye. He emphasized that relations with Türkiye should be more active.

In the evening, the board of the parliament had a meeting. The night of the meeting of the heads of forces was in the prime minister's office. Regarding Ayatollah Khamenei's visit to the United Nations and his speech, I made suggestions for correction. The Persian Gulf plan was discussed. In relation to France, it was decided to use the Algerian Canal. It was agreed to take fisheries from the Ministry of Agriculture and give them to the Ministry of Jihad.

I told the prime minister to meet the members of the [Islamic] coalition group who want to meet and show them kindness; They disagree with each other. Today, Iraq has started evil in the sea and on land, but has not done anything.