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31 diary entries in this month.
I was at home until nine in the morning. Members of Parliament, Revolutionary Guard commanders, ambassadors and chargés d'affaires, and the Friday prayer leaders of Paveh met with the Imam. I spoke for a while, and then the Imam spoke and c…
After the prayer and a walk in the courtyard of the house, I wrote down the backlog of memories and caught the seven o'clock news. The Minister of Defense came and consulted me about the new board of directors of the Army's Military Industr…
We had a public session. Before the agenda, I spoke about the martyrs Rajai and Bahonar and the impact of their martyrdom over the past year. During the recess, I spoke with the spectators—about three hundred male and female teachers who we…
I was at home until three in the afternoon. I studied, rested, and went for a walk. At four o'clock I went to Parliament and read the reports. Dr. [Abdollah] Jasbi came and spoke about Islamic Azad University, whose management he has accept…
Because Effat and Fati had to leave the house at 3:30 a.m. to go to Mecca, I stayed awake until almost 4:00 a.m. After the dawn prayer, I slept until 8:00 a.m. I studied for the Friday prayer sermons. Mr. [Mohsen] Doagoo, the deputy ministe…
We had a public session. The amendment to the IRGC's charter was on the agenda. During the recess, I spoke to the female seminary students from the Masjed Soleyman school and a group of selected instructors heading to Mecca. After the sessi…
At ten in the morning I went to Parliament, read the reports, and had several meetings with representatives. I also gave an interview about the Islamic councils of the villagers. In the afternoon, the families of the martyrs from Saveh came…
After the dawn prayer, I began studying the reports. We had a public session. Before the agenda, I spoke about the Imam's directive regarding the repeal of laws contrary to Islam and asked the representatives to cooperate in resolving the p…
I was at home until 7:30, studying. Mohsen, who had visited the uranium mine around Yazd yesterday and had brought back a sample, recommended cooperating with Mr. [Reza] Amrollahi, the head of the Atomic Energy Organization. At 8:00 in the …
We held an open session. Two urgent motions were on the agenda: one concerning the start of the first year at the medical school, and the other regarding the exemption of a group of medical students from military service and from off-campus…
I was at home all day. I telephoned Mr [Seyed Hossein] Mousavi Tabrizi. It turned out that the replacement of Mr [Asadollah] Laghordi [Prosecutor of the Tehran Revolution Court] is under review. Later that evening, Dr Hadi [Najaf Abadi], [S…
I studied at home until ten o'clock. I went to the university to attend Friday prayers; I delivered a sermon on social justice and another on the outcomes of the trip to India. Mr Jalaluddin Farsi also spoke before the sermons about the 28 …
I studied the reports until half past seven. The public session began. An objection was raised to the delay in the impeachment, which I answered. With the information the representatives had from the Imam, they consented. The councils were …
I did not attend the Majlis because of an appointment with the Imam. The session was chaired by Mr [Mohammad] Yazdi. A number of us from the delegation travelling to India went to visit the Imam and reported to him. The Imam was displeased …
I attended the public session. I spoke about the results of the trip to India and the brutality of terrorists. The council plan is still on the agenda. At noon, I met with the Khuzestan training camp and members of the Liberation Movements …
After the dawn prayer, I wrote up yesterday's recollections and obtained the news from Iran: the Mujahedin-e Khalq kidnapped three guards, tortured them with indescribable cruelty, buried two of them alive after torture, and were soon caugh…
Today is the thirty-fifth anniversary of India's independence. We attended the ceremony with part of the delegation. There was some disagreement over whether I should attend in person, but in the end I decided to go. A magnificent ceremony …
Reporters from two leading Bangalore newspapers came for an interview and asked about the war, the Non-Aligned Movement and the treatment of opponents, especially Baha'is and terrorists. One of them wrote a false report claiming that Muslim…
We set off from the airport towards Bangalore and arrived there late at night. The Speaker of the State Assembly and others, together with a large crowd, had come to greet us, but the police, who were responsible for our security, would not…
At the Taj Mahal, the inscriptions were verses from the Qur'an and the marble stones were adorned with agate and ruby. The English have taken many of them, and only a few remain. There aren't many remarkable artefacts, but they hype it up t…
At twelve o'clock I met Mrs Indira Gandhi and we negotiated for an hour and fifteen minutes. I explained the situation in Iran, the revolution and Iran's viewpoints, while she mostly spoke off the record and implicitly justified her trip to…
At the invitation of the Speaker of the Indian Lower House – which has 542 members – we set off for India today at the head of a 42-strong delegation from the parliament, the government, the army and the broadcaster. At half past nine in th…
I stayed at home and made arrangements by telephone regarding the companions on the trip to India and other matters. Mr Mohammad Mohammadi Reyshahrī consulted on the start of Mr Saadiq Qotbzadeh's trial. The Imam said it should be concluded…
In the evening I attended a meeting of the Party's Central Council and we had various discussions. At night there was an advisory meeting of the leaders at Mr Khamenei's office. We discussed the new ministers, the protests that MPs have aga…
At six in the morning we went to the shrine for the ceremony. The shrine had been cordoned off. A hatch opened into the shrine. We donned special garments with Mr [Vaez] Tabsi and Messrs [Atallah] Ashrafi [Isfahani], the Friday Imam of Bakh…
In the evening, I gave a speech to the vast crowd of pilgrims and the people of Mashhad. Many scholars and officials came and we met with them. Last night the prayer leaders came. That evening I got in touch with Tehran and spoke to the For…
We held an open session. The council plan, questions and the selection of members for the Inter-Parliamentary Conference were on the agenda. At midday two people arrived from Qom and requested facilities for the seminary, a printing press a…
Mr Mohsen Rezaei also complained about the opposition movements within the Revolutionary Guards. They want too much power and authority, and the mood in society and in Parliament is against it. In the afternoon we held a meeting of the Pres…
We held a public session. The Councils Bill and two questions were on the agenda, with representatives speaking before business. In the afternoon, Mr [Muhyiddin] Fazl Herandi arrived and gave his report on his trip to Europe to guide the Is…
Early this morning, the family of Martyr [Hossein] Elm al-Huda came to our house to visit the Imam. I made an appointment and they went to visit the Imam. Today the families of the martyrs are going to visit the Imam. Usually, every week a …
I got up early in the morning. Mohsen, accompanied by Mohsen Vafadar, was setting off for the front. Aftab saw him off and he passed under the Quran. May God protect the Islamic fighters.