Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – September 27, 1990

I reached my office at half past eight. I was delayed a bit in traffic. The commander of the army came to Lebanon. He gave a report on the work and the manufacture of weapons and applied for more credits. Lebanese Hezbollah officials came and congratulated the recent victories. Heavy industry managers came. [Mr. Hadinejad Hosseinian], Minister of [Heavy Industries] reported. I spoke

Mr. [Syed Mahmoud] Dea'i came with a group of writers and poets from Soviet Tajikistan. The delegation is chaired by a Muslim lady and a Tajik poet who is also a member of parliament. They are extremely interested in Iran and the Persian language and said that if we had known that we would reach the presence of the President of Iran, we would have brought Mount Badakhshan as a gift.

Mr. [Masoud Roghani] Zanjani, [Head of the Planning and Budget Organization] and Mr. [Akbar] Turkan, [Minister of Defense], came to examine the budget needs of the armed forces. The discussion is about the quantity and amount of the food ration, which is the subject of their dispute; An expert examination was arranged.

Dr. [Hasan] Rouhani came. They talked about the program of the Supreme National Security Council and the results of Hafez Asad's trip. He said that a group of representatives in the parliament are extremely upset with the refusal of Mr. [Mehdi] Karroubi and his like-minded candidates to be candidates for the Assembly of Experts and have started a conflict with the Guardian Council.

Twenty-five leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood, active in Arab and Islamic countries, came [headed by Mr. Abdul Rahman Khalifa, the leader of the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood]. They have also gone to Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Iraq. They want us to help Saddam to remove the danger from Iraq in front of America. I said that Iraq and the Baathists are not trustworthy and they might make a compromise with America and act against us. In addition, Iraq's agenda is not clear. It is necessary to tell the program; Because the Iraqis had not given them a correct answer in this regard, they had no reason to continue the discussion and were persuaded.

In the meeting with the leadership, because during the [eight-year war with Iran] that Iraq fought against Islam with the support of the United States, why did they not take such action? They were blamed. Their speech was defensive. I came home Azam, [Mohsen's wife] had prepared food.