Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – December 10, 1988

I arrived at the parliament at nine o'clock in the morning. The Polish delegation arrived at the same time. Our meeting lasted an hour and a half. They had a short visit to the parliament and met the president. The commander of Nazaja [= army ground force] came. gave their maneuver report. Mr. [Mousavi] Jazayeri, the imam of Juma, came to Ahvaz. He applied for the needs of the border of the war. I remitted thirty five million rials. Mr. [Ali] Mokhkar, representative of Bojnoord, came. He spoke about the needs of his constituency and expressed his readiness for more activity in the parliament and talked about the high production potential around Atrak River and especially the pastures.

In the evening, I had an interview with the Fajr decade propaganda headquarters about the revolution, many things were said about the process of the revolution. The night of the meeting was in my office. [Mr. Gholamreza Aghazadeh] Minister of Oil and [Godrez] Iftikhar Jahormi came and asked for permission to settle cases and lawsuits related to oil at the Hague Court. They claim that the compromise is in our interest and the result of the court may cause huge losses. The meeting lasted until half past ten. I slept in my office at night.