Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – August 29, 1988

Reports indicate that the Geneva negotiations are in trouble, and Iraq has announced that it does not accept the 1975 Algerian agreement. I told Mr. Mohsen Rezaei to inform the troops to be alert. I went to the parliament. At ten o'clock [Mr. Mohammad Javad Irvani] the Minister of Economy came. He reported on the imposition of taxes, revenues and expenses and emphasized on the continuation of government punishments and said that the case of Prophethood Foundation is ready for trial and the punishment has been issued. The Ministry of Finance is demanding about 900 million Tomans in tax from it and he said that there are other companies that take advantage of the price difference between government goods and the free market.

In the afternoon, Mr. [Mahdi] Karroubi, [Ali Akbar] Mohtashmi, [Mohammed Hassan] Rahimian and Dr. Vahid [Dastjerdi] came. They suggested more support for the Palestinian Islamic movement and pure Islamic movements in general. They demanded that they be terminated from the supervision of the Ministry of Intelligence and handed over to a group consisting of the IRGC, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Ministry of Information. Mr. Montazeri used to say the same thing.

In the evening of 15 Khordad dam contractor group came from Jihad Construction. They explained about the dam work and claimed that the delay is related to the delay of study and plans, not executive works. They gave explanations about water and soil construction works in Khuzestan. I went to Hosseiniyeh Irshad and gave a speech at the anniversary ceremony of Shahid Rajaei and Shahid Bahonar; More about the fate of the counter-revolution and especially the hypocrites. I came home At night, Mr. [Mohammed Jafar] Mahalati came and told the status of the Geneva negotiations; It is not good and the Iraqis are stubborn and make excuses.

Mr. Khamenei came to stay the night here. We had long discussions about the state of the government and economic policies and foreign relations, the army and the IRGC. We also informed Mr. Ahmad. We discussed about Imam's position and current controversial issues and determining the authority on his behalf for general policy making in the affairs of the country. Chastity to participate in the martyr's ceremony

Rajaei and Shahid Bahonar were gone. They brought dinner from outside.

At the end of the night, Mr. [Mohammed Jafar] Mahalati informed by phone that the [UN] Secretary General negotiated with the members of the Security Council and unanimously asked him to be firm in the implementation of Resolution 598 and he is going to make a decision and announce it.