Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – September 23, 1987

I did the work in my office until half past eight in the morning and took care of the status of the ship "Iran Ajr" and its people who are in the hands of the Americans; There has been no change in the situation. Ayatollah Khamenei's words at the [General Assembly] of the United Nations and the incident of the American attack on our ship are the most important issues in the world.

At 8:30 I went to Shahada Hospital in Yafet Abad. About eighty veterans of spinal cord amputation are kept there, who are unfortunately in a pitiable condition. I negotiated with all of them and listened to their problems and helped them with an amount. In the end, I spoke for the employees and the injured and conducted an interview.

I came to the parliament. Efat and Mahdi also came. In the evening, it was time to see the operation maneuver.

In Karbala Panj, let's go to Eram Park, which my guards canceled due to the weakness of the security plans. I also accepted. They claim that the organizers do not care about security orders.

I worked in my office until half past seven. Mr. [Ali Mohammad] Basharti [Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs] informed that the Americans have said that they will hand over 26 people from the "Iran Ajr" ship, the ship's crew and the three bodies of the martyrs to the government of Oman to take them, we have agreed. Oman has informed our agent about this matter.

Mr. [Mohsen] Kangerlu [Advisor to the Prime Minister] informed that the French have agreed to include 1,200 Maliutka missiles in the exchange program. I allowed them to enter the exchange; But the report that we have about the coordination of America and England in France and the pressure on Iran does not deal with this issue; It is probably a maneuver.

The meeting of the heads of forces was in my office. A proposal was made to announce the public welcome to the president upon his return from his trip to New York. It was also decided to deal with the evil of America.