Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – August 4, 1984

After morning prayer and feeling healthy compared to yesterday, I started studying. At nine in the morning, Ahmad Agha came. He said [Mohsen Rezaei] the commander of the army has written a letter to the Imam and explained the situation of the fronts and the operations, and he complained about the pressure that comes to carry out the operations and told us that if you give us a deadline, we will finish the two-year war with victory. The secretariat of the Friday imams and some of the Friday imams were also discussed.

The Supervisory Council of Radio and Television had a meeting; It was negotiated to rent a [radio and television] transmitter from [the country of] Malta to cover Africa and other places. In order to adjust their conditions and also regarding the participation in the radio and television transmitter in Italy - which is owned by a Libyan - it was decided to study next week.

There was a discussion about the film [documentary] "Silk Road", which started its production during the time of the former regime and encountered problems and took a lot of expenses. It was decided to work to correct it.

In the evening, Mr. Mohsen Rezaei and Mr. [Ali] Shamkhani came. We discussed future operations. They were trying to accept that nothing could be done in the south soon. I also explained the international situation to them. Finally, they presented a relatively new plan that they had [for the operation]. [Plan] accepted. A time [to carry out the operation] was determined and the problem was temporarily solved. At night, Fatima's sister-in-law and her daughter Nusrat came. We were up late.

They brought the reports, I read them. French mass media are trying to introduce Iran as a partner or the main agent of the recent hijacking. We also suggested to the Islamic Republic newspaper that the answer to false and insidious advertisements should be given. to counter-attack so that France is called into question.