Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – September 24, 1989

I reached my office around eight in the morning. I did the work until nine o'clock. Mr. [Syed Mohammad] Mousavi came from the Khoeinis. I suggested that he accept the responsibility of the Center for Strategic Studies [of the Presidency]; He was supposed to think and answer and got explanations.

[Mr. Mohammad Saidi Kia] The minister came and brought the map of Bandar Azad in Jask; It was the suggestion of the Bandar Abbas army. They discussed the responsibility of [Iranian National Airlines] Homa, as well as the reform of the transportation and air fares from the Soviet Union.

Timsar [Mustafa] Torabi [Army Security and Intelligence Commander] came. He wanted to return shipping and civil aviation to the Ministry of Defense for information control. Mr. Raiszadeh came from the parliament. He presented an analysis of the future situation and advised the radicals not to disturb the system.

Dr. [Hasan] Habibi [First Vice President] and Mr. [Abdullah] Nouri [Minister] came. They suggested transferring the reconstruction [of war zones] from the Executive Vice President to the Ministry of Interior; I accepted

Yasser came He requested that [Seyd Mehdi] the son of [Mousavi] Khoeini be transferred from [Sharif] University of Technology to [University of] Tehran so that they can be together. In the evening, the government board had a meeting; The comments of several organizations for the first five-year plan were considered.

At night, I had a meeting with Ayatollah Khamenei. Negotiations and decisions were made about the armed forces, foreign policy and radical faction, and other current affairs of the country. Mr. Khamenei said about the monotony of his life; They have more diversity in work plans. I had a little fever this morning. I took anti-cold pills in the morning and at night.