Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – August 23, 1987

I came to the parliament in the first session after the summer vacation. Before the order, I talked about the important events of the parliament's holidays. Mehdi came and took money for Mr. Jalal, who is buying for the house; He is going to Mashhad with school children. Mr. Karimi, the representative of Marand, brought copies of Saudi newspapers that have strong propaganda against Iran.

In the evening, Mr. Danesh Yazdi, who is going to go to Sweden as ambassador, came to consult and say goodbye. [Members] of the Board of Directors of Pars Khodro Company came. They appealed to coordinate with the armed forces to order them instead of importing cars from abroad. I told Mr. [Akbar] Turkan [head of the Defense Industries Organization] to coordinate with them in the purchase and assembly of Korean jeeps.

Mr. Hadi Ghafari [Tehran representative] came. He gave the report of the Bloody Friday of Mecca. He himself has been hit and witnessed the death of several people. He took a significant amount of money and jewelry from a Kuwaiti caravan for war and charity. The issues of the injured were also discussed.

The night of the meeting of the heads of forces was in Mr. Khamenei's office. A group from the government came. They gave an explanation about the statistics and the consequences of the conflict with America, and it was decided to prepare a plan to face those emergency situations. Libya has asked us for some special weapons; It was agreed to give. Because they want to give us something. Dr. Velayati came and brought France's proposal to continue the program of normalizing relations; We accepted. It was decided to send an agent to Algeria.

The contents of Ayatollah Khamenei's speech at the United Nations were discussed. Suggestions were made. We decided that if Iraq continues to attack civilian centers, a large-scale attack on Basra will be launched. I returned to my office late. I caught the news at twelve o'clock at night and slept.