Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – September 22, 1985

I went to the parliament first. We did not have anything important in the reports. The plane carrying the American Tau that took off from Tabriz is still being discussed by news sources. Before the meeting, Mr. [Gholamreza] Rahimi, the representative of Mahshahr, came and gave a report on the malfunctioning of the defense personnel of Khark Island. I controlled the speeches before the order so that they did not attack the president and the government; It was well held. The order of the Majlis was the plan to amend the Industrial Protection Law, which was put forward in the name of fixing defects, contrary to Sharia and the law, and it took all the time of the Majlis. Because the result might be the return of a part of the confiscated factories, he was not in favor. Two or three people who supported him were accused of supporting tyrant capitalists, and he did not have five or six more votes and was rejected.

In the meeting, a group of representatives expressed their concern about the risk of stopping oil exports from Khark, and it was decided to have a meeting to decide the consequences of the work and to deal with emergency situations, in case of an oil cut, and to examine the issue of closing the Persian Gulf to oil tankers through the control of the Strait of Hormuz, and to speed up the construction of oil loading centers away from the danger.

In the afternoon, Mr. Anwari, Badamchian, Mohadi Kermani, Yazdi, Vafi, Abdakhodai and Farsi came and were looking for a solution for the open hand of Mr. [Ayatollah] Khamenei in the introduction of the Prime Minister. I said that considering the Imam's firmness in supporting Mr. Mousavi, you cannot do anything.

In the evening, Mr. Riazy and Manoui Rad from the central bank came and explained China's wrong conditions in the deal, which is similar to making excuses. Mr. Waqfi, representative of Isfahan, came and insisted on declaring a state of emergency. This policy is the line of extremists. I came home at night and did not participate in the [Islamic Republic] Party meeting.