Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – September 28, 1984

I studied at home until half past ten in the morning for Friday prayer sermons. Then I went to Tehran University for Friday prayers; Chastity also came. The sermons were very long. I talked about the limits of the activities of the private sector and the comparison and similarity of hypocrites and their cooperation with the infidels and hypocrites of the time of the Prophet (PBUH). Mr. [Mohsen] Rezaei gave positive news about the progress of the war.

In the evening, the President informed by phone that Mr. Velayati [Foreign Affairs Minister] inquired from New York about Japan's plan to issue a resolution in the United Nations. Japan's proposal includes: 1- Appreciating Iran for not destroying the cities. 2- Banning the use of chemical weapons. 3- Security of the Strait of Hormuz. 4- It is not to touch ports and ships. I said [this plan] is in our favor and I agree, but we should ask the Imam's opinion. I told Ahmad Agha to ask the Imam for his opinion. Ahmad Agha said about a lot of mourning music [on TV]. It seems that Sedavasima wants to play mourning music from the 1st to the 15th of Muharram.

In the evening, Mr. Sheikh Hossein Hashemian was our guest with his family. He was satisfied with the situation of Rafsanjan Pistachio Cooperative Company. They, who were elected as the board of directors by tens of thousands of members, manage [the cooperative company] and have nothing to do with us, but many people think that they belong to us and manage us, and because of this, there are rumors; Of course, we help to solve the problems of pistachio farmers.