Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – April 28, 1988

Mr. Sahar [Mohammed [Foruzande] Chief of Staff of IRGC] informed that for a while there was shelling on the Persian island from the enemy and now it has stopped. Later, it turned out that the American convoy was passing through that area and they were blindly throwing bullets out of fear of the invasion of our forces.

I went to the parliament at six in the morning. The breaking of Saudi relations with Iran has a wide reflection in the media. I stayed in the public meeting until half past eleven. Before the order, the speakers who did not vote in the current election bitterly criticize the election process.

After the meeting, Mr. Natiq Noori came. He sought a solution for the pressure that is being put on the community of militant clerics. [Brigadier Mansour Sattari [Commander Nahaja] = Army Air Force] came. About conducting an espionage case, he asked for guidance and reported on self-sufficiency measures, asked for help, and brought a photo of me in military uniform taken at the Hag Ahvaz site.

The representative of Rozen Hamedan came and gave the election report. He fell to the second round and claims that Mr. Mousavi Ardabili's going to the house of his rival's relatives during the campaign has hurt him.

In the evening, Mr. Mohammad Shariati from the Ministry of Interior came to explain the election issues. Mr. Mohammad Ali Rahmani, who is in charge of Basij, came to the IRGC for help in his work problems. I did not go to the Supreme Defense Council meeting. I came home near evening. Bad women in hijab are very rude in the streets of Tehran; Due to the conditions of war in the cities, the strictness has decreased. Efat went to the ceremony of the late [Mustafa] Maliki, the Imam of the Hemat Mosque.