Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – August 13, 1987

I came to the parliament. In the reports, the fever of the Persian Gulf and the cooperation of France and England in minesweeping with the United States are hot. [Participants in] the seminar of the Islamic Associations of Banks, which was organized to respond to Imam's message regarding the support of the disadvantaged. I gave them a detailed speech. Mr. Sarfrazi came from the members of the militant clergy [community] of Tehran. He had a lot to say; Imamzadeh Daud has a problem with endowments and wanted a car for Mr. Mirza Javad Agha Tabrizi.

Mr. Abdullah Nouri came. He has returned from Mecca. He told a little about the events of the conflict with the Saudis. It is doubtful that all the blame lies with the Saudis. At the same time, he considers their crime unforgivable. I said that the same issue was brought up last night and it was agreed that he himself would investigate the issue in a "series" and report.

Mr. Kangerlo came. I said that proposals were approved in last night's meeting [of the commanders of the forces] and it was decided that he himself would go to Turkey with a person from the intelligence of the IRGC and take care that no conspiracy is carried out against him. If these French proposals are serious, it turns out that the movements in the Persian Gulf are not serious on the part of the West.

The reporter of the young Africa magazine came. A detailed and comprehensive interview was conducted. At noon, Salmani came for correction. They came from the IRGC's Karbala base and complained about the weakness of the combat engineering practice. I emphasized to Mr. [Mohammed] Forozandeh and [Gholamreza] Forozesh.