Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – August 13, 1988

Mr. Dr. Velayati requested by phone to accept the request to meet with the Foreign Minister of Oman; Because Ayatollah Khamenei is not in Tehran to visit him. We went to the parliament. I read the reports until ten in the morning.

The family came as a guide. Their father had a stroke and died a few days ago. I offered my condolences to them; His brother is our ambassador in Poland. He gave a report about the situation there and paid three thousand and five hundred dollars for his imam's share.

Mr. Salman Ghaffari, our ambassador came to the Vatican. Reported work. He claims that in the Vatican environment, our words can have a lot of influence, and Christian clergy are receptive to our thoughts, and more things can be done.

Mr. [Youssef] bin Alavi, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Oman, came to meet. After official and public negotiations, he asked for a private meeting. In the private meeting, he brought the message of [Margaret] Thatcher, the Prime Minister of England and Fahd Shah of Saudi Arabia, who were ready to praise the relations with Iran. I also said that there is no obstacle in principle, but they must make up for the past and especially Saudi Arabia must agree to the demonstrations limited to our pilgrims in Mecca.

In the afternoon [Mr. Gholamreza Aghazadeh] the oil minister came. He explained about the offer to sell American weapons that has arrived recently and asked for permission to buy. In war situations, managers usually use their relationships to meet the needs of war.

In the evening, the commanders of the IRGC Air Force came. They gave a report on the force situation. In terms of human resources, they are not in a bad situation, but they want tools and facilities, and they expressed their readiness for the integration plan of the armed forces. A group of representatives came and had doubts about Resolution 598 and the construction program and foreign policy after the war. They heard explanations and were apparently convinced.

Two members of the IRGC, who had been imprisoned in Italy and Spain for about four years each and had recently been released, came and reported. The night of the meeting of the heads of forces was in my office. Ayatollah Khamenei is on the front. There was no important item in the order. More about the terms of the ceasefire and the administration of the country after the war were discussed. I came home at eleven o'clock.