Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – August 22, 1984

I went to the parliament early in the morning, many representatives have gone [to their constituencies]; Some have stayed to take over the car or do other things. Mr. [Sidjalal] Sadatian [the head of my office] also complained about the way some of the office staff were treated. Mr. [Gholamohsin] Jami Imam came to Abadan on Friday. He criticized the dissolution of the Abadan army and the cutting of the war veterans' rations - in order to give them work and capital for their self-sufficiency; He was also worried about the opposite line.

A group of representatives from Tehran came; The number did not reach the quorum of the meeting. Various articles were raised about the bad performance of some judges, the taking back of the lands of the big owners from the farmers, the complaints of the owners of the lands around Imam Sadiq University (A.S.), who are undecided because of the development plan. I spoke with [Mr. Mohammad Nabi Habibi] the mayor of Tehran and the Supreme Judicial Council in this regard.

In the afternoon, Dr. [Abdullah] Jasbi came and gave a report on the status of the Islamic Azad University. This year, it is planned to take five thousand students and increase the number of one-course students to twenty thousand, and to open some new units and have doctoral courses. He said that about fifty thousand people have participated in the exam. He asked for help for the budget [of Azad University] and the exemption of students [from military service] and... I said that due to the transfer of authority to the founding board, we can do things faster from now on.

In the evening, Messrs. [Syedmehdi] Tabatabaei, the head of the Mustafafan Foundation, and [Ahmed] Tawakli came. They reported about the large foundation construction company. They raised the problems of working and selling gold and jewelry of the foundation for building expenses.

Mr. [Ismail] Fedayi, the representative of Sarband Arak, came; He wanted help to remove their governor. Mr. Debir al-Mulki, the speaker of the parliament, came. He gave a report on the modern workshop of restoration of manuscripts and stereotyping. He complained that his sentence was delayed. [Mr. Ali] Ma'arfizadeh [Khorramshahr representative] came. He asked for help to dismiss the governor of Khuzestan and to cancel the decision to cut cash aid to the war victims. Mr. Mohammad Zaki Iraqi, along with Mr. [Mustafa] Zul Qadr, the representative of Minab, came. gave a report on the situation of Muslims in Thailand; They were expelled from Kuwait together not long ago. He wanted help to go on Hajj.

Mr. Mohammad Hashemi from Rafsanjan came to calculate the year and say goodbye to his trip to Mecca and brought some fresh pistachios. Mr. [Hossein] Mahluji also came; The representatives wanted help to compensate for the lack of housing. I told the prime minister; We decided to rent 40-50 [apartments] from Ekbatan [town] [located in the west of Tehran].

At night, we had a meeting of the heads of state at the house of Mr. Mousavi Ardabili [Chairman of the Supreme Court of the country]. It was suggested to establish a center to prevent corruption in the offices and to announce that if someone comes across a bribe-taking officer in the offices, he should go to that center - which we specify. The Prime Minister [Mr. Mirhossein Mousavi] considered the problem in the judicial system, which does not prosecute decisively, and requested a special revolutionary court, and Mr. [Mousavi] Ardabili did not agree with the special court.

It was decided to determine the quality of the work by next week. Mr. [Ayatollah] Khamenei, based on the theory of the Guardian Council, wanted to announce the cancellation of the ministry of advisory ministers, which was decided to speed up the action to amend the law. We also talked about war and foreign policy.