Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – April 11, 1992

In the morning news, they read the election results of a number of districts in the cities; Many candidates of the left wing have fallen and the majority is from the opposite wing. I went to my office at half past eight in the morning. They brought the results of the votes of several funds from Tehran, including about seven thousand votes. The left wing suffered a hard defeat and has about one-eighth of the votes. Among all the thirty people in the list, the fighting clerical community is at the top. Until the night, the next news shows the same situation as in the morning.

[Mr. Mohammad Reza Nemat Rade], Minister of Industries and deputies came. They gave a report on the state of the industry. It is said that the amount of production in 1970 compared to 1969 has grown by twenty percent. They referred to the currency and the easing of regulations. I warned about paying more attention to cement and rubber and industrial towns around Tehran.

Engineer [Akbar] Turkan, [Minister of Defense] came. He appealed for the timely payment of the budget of the Ministry of Defense and complained about the reduction of his powers by the headquarters and forces. Mr. [Syros] Naseri, [Iranian representative at the UN headquarters in Geneva] came. He had material about Resolution 598 and issues of the World Red Cross Organization and the Human Rights Commission [UN].

Mr. [Mohammed Mohammadi] Ray Shahri, [representative of the religious guardian and supervisor of Iranian pilgrims] came. Consulted about the current year's Hajj and the acceptance of pilgrims from [the Republic of] Azerbaijan in Iranian Hajj. He also demanded the implementation of my commitments in helping Prince Abdul Azim (pbuh). I spoke with the Minister of Interior and the Minister of Information about the election issues. In some meetings, they expressed their happiness with the election results.

In the evening, the Supreme Council of National Security had a meeting. The discussion of the blow to the hypocrites, the issues of Afghanistan and the reconstruction of Qasr Shirin were on the agenda. At night, we were with Ahmad Agha, the leading guest; Most of the talk was about the elections. It was said that the assembly of fighting clerics who have failed should be warned not to despair of the future and efforts should be made to correct their positions so that they will be loved.

Mr. [Ali] Fallahian, [Information Minister], informed that in Ardal constituency, [in Isfahan province], supporters of the defeated candidate attacked the governorship and one person was killed in the shooting.