Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – September 23, 1984

I went to the assembly early in the morning. I read the reports. Mr. [Asadullah] Bayat came; He said a little about the situation of Iranian pilgrims in Mecca. At 8:45 in the morning, the first public session [of the Islamic Council] after the holiday began. Before the order, I talked about the war week and the start of schools.

We approved the first three bills. We did some swearing in of interim representatives. I also had references from the representatives during the meeting. In the afternoon, Mr. [Mir Ali Naqi] Seyyed Khavari, the representative of Langrud, came; He wanted to prosecute those who disrupted his lecture in Langrod, and one person [in this process] had a stroke and died due to fear. Mr. [Gholamreza] Heydari, representative of Ashtian, complained to the commander of his city's army. Mr. [Hakamullah] Miyeshki, the middle representative, complained about Imam Juma and the former [middle] representative.

Mr. [Mohammed Taqi] Ranjbar [representative of the monastery] insisted on the purchase of Gilan and Mazandaran rice by the government. Mr. [Parviz] Malekpour, the representative of Zoroastrians, consulted with Mrs. [Indira] Gandhi [Prime Minister of India] to go to India. Mr. Amir Iraqi had come on behalf of Mr. Ghori and was trying to oppose the sale of oil. I said that if you sell as much as 23 billion dollars, it will not be cleared.

In the evening, we had a meeting of the central council of the [Islamic Republic] party. The establishment of a company with the membership and shares of the party members and the establishment of a chipboard factory for the party's income were approved. At night, we had a two-person meeting with Ayatollah Khamenei; We discussed the war and made decisions. I talked about the one-dimensionalization of the party and they also agree; It was decided to consult and make a decision in order to moderate the presence of two currents of thought [in the Islamic Republic Party]. I came home at night.