Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – August 31, 1986

I went to the parliament first. It turned out that the operation was not done last night. Dr. Jasbi came. He gave a report on the status of Islamic Azad University. They want to make tuition more expensive. I told him to consult with the Prime Minister. He wanted permission to build Karaj University.

[Mr. Dargahi, the deputy prime minister and head of the physical training organization, came with advisors, general managers and heads of sports federations and] physical training directors. They gave a report on the state of sports and I spoke in detail. We are going to have an attack on the front.

The Sudanese delegation came to meet. They expressed their surprise at Iran's Friday prayer and expressed their happiness about the opening of the Baqi cemetery, and they spoke of their problems in South Sudan and the elimination of the destruction of the [Jaafar] era, and the dire need for oil. They request that we help them with fuel. Mrs. Afraz came from the Red Crescent. He talked about the psychological problems of the families of the missing and prisoners and the necessity of the movement of the International Red Cross. Apparently, the Iraqi POW Commission is not cooperating.

Mr. Razini, Younisi and Montazeri came from the Armed Forces Court. They told about their problems and about the non-cooperation of the IRGC during the conflict in Isfahan between Imam Hossein's army (AS) and the IRGC's artillery center, where Imam Hussein's army (AS) has a part of the artillery training barracks. The confectioners union came and complained about the Ministry of Finance. brother

Mr. Anwari, who is a doctor in America, came. He offered to cooperate in the transfer of industrial information.

Mr. Mahfozi came in the evening. He complained about the permissiveness of the selection of universities regarding moral corruption, and at the same time, the strictness of the Ministry of Information in accepting the defendants of the group. He asked me to be warmer with the seminary community [Qom seminary]. At the same time, he complained about the Islamic community of academics and the Ministry of Health. I said there are contradictions in positions.

Dr. [Hasan] Habibi came. He spoke about the lethargy of the Supreme Judicial Council and the inefficiency of the [Ministry] of Justice and appealed for its reform. Mr. Tafarshi came. He had a plan to activate economic relations with China. [Mr. Mohammad Javad Irvani] Minister of Finance came. He gave a report on the country's economic and currency situation and complained to the central bank.

Mr. Khalili came from Paris to ask for the release of the hostages from Lebanon. I said that the difference between right and left in France prevents them from making their own decisions.

We were the guests of the Prime Minister. The President is in Zimbabwe to participate in the Non-Aligned Congress. We discussed the full report of the American messages given by Ali-Akhavizadeh. The Americans are trying to establish relations with us and they are using any means and they are announcing their readiness to provide military facilities and this time they are claiming to support us against Iraq. They claim that the Russians support Iraq with all their might. We decided to ask Dr. [Mohammed Ali] Hadi to talk to them about this and negotiate the extent of help for the freedom of their hostages in Lebanon in exchange for military needs.

The news came that an F-14 plane escaped to Iraq and at night [Colonel Hoshang Sediq] the commander of the air force reported that the plane crashed in the east of Zubaidat, Iraq. It is not known if they were hit or if the pilot of the rear cabin, who claimed to oppose the flight, took action. Although the Iraqis have said, the plane is sitting in a base and the pilots have become refugees.