Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – December 11, 1984

I am not bored yet. I read the reports at home until nine o'clock in the morning. The news centers and newsmakers of the world are dumbfounded by Iran's actions regarding disarming the hijackers and retrieving the plane from the hijackers. Foreign news agencies do not want to praise this action, nor can they condemn this action. [In fact, they hit both the shoe and the nail.

On the occasion of Eid Milad [of the Holy Prophet (PBUH)], we went to Hussainiyah Jamaran to visit the Imam. It had been about a month that the Imam did not have an official public meeting. The Imam spoke very well and cheerfully in this meeting and put an end to the rumors of their own boredom. Rumors [of illness] will be a source of confusion.

After the ceremony, the president and Mr. Sayad [Shirazi] and Mohsen Rezaei came. We discussed the needs of future operations. The military [Corpse and Army commanders] have drawn the operation wider than the intended limit and new needs [for the operation] have been created. It was decided to prepare the needs of the operation as much as possible.

I spoke with Mr. [Mohsen] Rezaei about their future meeting plan, with their opponents [in the IRGC], with the Imam. Mr. Mousavi Ardabili also came and in the presence of Mr. [Ayatollah] Khamenei, there was a discussion about the quality of the judicial treatment of the hijackers and decisions were made in this matter.

In the evening, I felt a little better [physically] and took a shower and told Mr. Velayati on the phone that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs should monitor that the Americans who survived the plane and are in the hospital are not mistreated.

At night, Mr. [Mustafa] Kafashzadeh came. He came from France and claims that someone close to [French President] Mitterrand wants to talk to a representative on my behalf. Previously, [this person] was supposed to go to Syria with [François] Mitterrand and talk with Mr. Mohtashmi [Iranian Ambassador to Syria] there; He could not go there.

In the evening, among the received letters, I saw an ode by Mr. [Mohammed Hossein] Shahryar - a contemporary poet - describing my Friday prayer sermons, and I prepared his answer with poetry.