31 October 1982
I studied until eight o'clock. The public session began at eight forty-five and several bills were passed. At noon I had several meetings in my office. In the afternoon I had a meeting with the commercial official of the Mostazafin Foundati…
30 October 1982
Before noon, I studied and worked at home, and around noon I went to the Majlis. A number of representatives came to attend to matters concerning their constituencies. Some who had gone to the fronts also gave reports on the fronts and thei…
29 October 1982
I studied until ten thirty in the morning and went to the University of Tehran for Friday prayers. As usual, I delivered one sermon on Islamic economics and another on current issues and the achievements of the Revolution, and returned home…
28 October 1982
I devoted more time to studying and listening to accounts of the tragedies. The children went to take part in the mourning ceremony and to visit Sheikh Hossein Hashemian—who is hospitalized at the Heart Hospital due to a heart attack. I rec…
27 October 1982
After the prayer, I walked around the courtyard for a while and made up for the backlog in writing my memoirs. I stayed at home until night. Ahmad Aqa came, and I spoke with him about the need to cooperate with the sincere Palestinian Musli…
26 October 1982
Early in the morning, Mr. [Mohammadreza] Fakar came and gave explanations about disciplining the offenders of the Omid-e Enghelab magazine. He consulted about transferring Mr. [Abbas] Shirazi from the General Inspection Office to the IRGC. …
25 October 1982
I studied until eight o'clock. We had a public session and continued without a break until noon. After prayers and a rest, I had several meetings. Mr. [Reza] Seifollahi and the intelligence officials of the IRGC's ten regions came, gave the…
24 October 1982
We had a public session. I entrusted the latter part of the session to [Mr. Mohammad] Yazdi and came to the office. At noon, I met a number of representatives in my office regarding their affairs. Mr. [Hassan] Kafi, who some time ago was th…
23 October 1982
I was at home until three in the afternoon. Mrs. Fatemeh reheated the leftovers from last night for lunch. The guards also gave us some of their own food, which they had brought from the Revolutionary Guard Corps. Mr. Ahmad came and informe…
22 October 1982
I was studying in the assembly until nine thirty. A group of believing Lebanese mujahideen came and reported the unity of three groups of mujahid scholars, the Students' Union, and the believers of Amal, and consulted with me. They are to h…
21 October 1982
I studied before the public session. During the public session, several bills were passed, and the Minister of Commerce answered a question about inflation and shortages of goods, and there was a discussion and vote regarding the absence of…
20 October 1982
I studied until nine o'clock and then went to the Imam's office. I had a meeting with Mr. [Mohammad Mohammadi] Reyshahri, Mr. [Seyyed Hossein] Mousavi Tabrizi, and Ahmad Agha, to review the assets from the public treasury that had been in t…
19 October 1982
Early in the morning, I went to the airport to see off the Korean delegation. Before their departure, we held some talks, and the official farewell ceremony and formalities were carried out. We gave an interview and I returned to Parliament…
18 October 1982
The home radiator is faulty. I spent some time trying to fix it, but it didn't work. The IRIB news reported successes in Kurdistan against the counterrevolutionaries. I wrote down a few overdue memories. Ahmad Agha called to report that the…
17 October 1982
After the prayer, I studied until eight in the morning and then went to the public session. Before the agenda, I spoke about the martyrdom of Ayatollah Ashrafi [Isfahani] and announced that we would attend the memorial service at Shahid Mot…
16 October 1982
At eight o'clock, we went with family members and relatives to see the Imam for Mohsen's marriage to Azam Hashemi. I, acting as Mohsen's proxy, and the Imam, acting as the bride's proxy, recited the marriage formula, and Fati recorded it wi…
15 October 1982
I was at home all day. Mr. Emami [Kashani] led the Friday prayers. In the afternoon, news arrived that Ayatollah Ashrafi [Isfahani], the Friday prayer leader of Kermanshah, had been martyred at the site of the Friday prayers with a grenade,…
14 October 1982
I spoke by phone with Mr. [Mohammad Mohammadi] Reyshahri about the payment of the money taken from Mr. [Seyed Kazem] Shariatmadari, which, by Imam's order, was supposed to be given to the Islamic Republic Party. It became clear that it had …
13 October 1982
I spoke by phone with Mr. [Mohammad Mohammadi] Reyshahri about the payment of the money taken from Mr. [Seyed Kazem] Shariatmadari, which by the Imam's order was supposed to be given to the [Islamic] Republic Party. It turned out that it ha…
12 October 1982
At eight o'clock I went to Parliament and arrived a little late. Mr. [Mehdi] Bazargan was scheduled to give a speech before the agenda, and in my absence they were worried about the developments. When I arrived, they were relieved. Fortunat…
11 October 1982
As usual, the children went to school at seven-thirty, and Faezeh went to her prep class. I called my office to reserve a plane ticket for Effat, who wants to go to Rafsanjan to bring the bride. It was decided that they would leave tomorrow…
10 October 1982
Early in the morning I went to the dentist. At eight o'clock I arrived at the Parliament. Mr. [Mohammad] Yazdi had started the session. The Intelligence Ministry bill was under discussion, but it was not finished. I went to the office, hand…
9 October 1982
I was at home all day and studying. The Imam's wife and the families of Martyr Beheshti, Mr. Khamenei, and Martyr Motahhari, and... had come to visit Effat. I spoke with the Prime Minister by phone about paying the money to Islamic Azad Uni…
8 October 1982
At ten thirty, I went to the University of Tehran for the Friday prayer. Torrential rain was pouring down, and some of the people were out in the rain. Mr. [Mehdi] Karroubi attacked the Freedom Movement in his speech before the prayer becau…
7 October 1982
We had a public session. Several bills were passed. Mr. [Asadollah] Bayat was talking about Dr. [Ebrahim] Yazdi's secretive negotiations during the Hajj trip. A number of representatives were seeking to file criminal charges against the Fre…
6 October 1982
The ministers and some other friends who had gone to congratulate the Imam came to see me in the morning. Around noon I went to visit the Imam. Yasser, Mehdi, and Sadegh were there too. We took a photo with the Imam, and the Imam gave me a …
5 October 1982
Early in the morning I went to Parliament. We had a public session. Mr. [Ali] Movahedi Saveji, in his speech before the agenda, attacked the Freedom Movement and Engineer [Mehdi] Bazargan because of an open letter they had recently written …
4 October 1982
Early in the morning I went to Parliament. After a three-week recess, we had a public session. Before the agenda, I spoke about the victory, the Naser Khosrow explosion, and the UN Security Council, which is supposed to discuss and examine …
3 October 1982
Early in the morning I went to the dentist. Dr. Shirazi was not available because I had not informed him again—which I should have done yesterday. I went to Imam Square and saw the site of Friday's explosion. It had caused a great deal of d…
2 October 1982
Early in the morning, I requested an explanation from the Prime Minister's Office, the Islamic Republic News Agency, and the Ministry of Interior about last night's explosion. The Prime Minister consulted about declaring a public day of mou…
1 October 1982
I stayed at home. Friday prayers were led by Mr. [Seyyed Abdolkarim Mousavi] Ardebili. Early in the morning, Mr. [Ali] Sayyad Shirazi called from the front and reported that last night's operation had been successful; so far, eighty percent…