Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – December 21, 1995

I went to my office. Mr. [Ali Akbar] Masoudi [Khomeini] came to consecrate the shrine of Hazrat Masoumeh (pbuh). Thanking my help for the plan to modify the structure around the shrine, he explained about the creation of three new courtyards and asked for help to implement them. I said we should see the new map. He talked about the future governor of Qom; His proposal was his son-in-law or son.

Mr. Dr. [Mohammad Hossein] Adeli, [Iranian Ambassador to Canada] came. He gave the report of his activities in Canada and the news of the establishment of a line of credit and insurance by Canada, despite the American embargo, and their readiness to cooperate on locomotives, etc. He also made suggestions to strengthen the Persian language of Iranians living in Canada and to lobby to prevent the impact of American sanctions.

The eldest son of late Shahroudi, Imam Juma of Shahroud, came and asked for help for Hajj and home. Mr. [Mustafa] Pourmohammadi came from the Ministry of Information. Iraq, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Karabagh were negotiated and received guidance.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, Mr. [Hossein] Marashi, the head of my office, came and said that Hajiya's mother is not well, and that Mohammad's brother has gone to the nurse's house and will inform him of the result. A few minutes later, he came and offered his condolences and stated that Mohammad's brother was unable to explain further because of anger. He himself went to report from there. At around five in the afternoon, a phone call said that they had succumbed to a heart attack. When the doctors arrived, it was over. The audience's crying could also be heard on the phone.

I cried a lot alone. Completely tired, I prayed Maghrib and Isha prayers. We went to Fatima's sister's house in Saadat Abad. Relatives were also gathered. Muhammad's brother was very impatient, as well as his wife Fatima and the queen. The body was on the bed under their tent. I pushed aside their tent; Mother's bright and focused face changed my mood. Queen Hamshirezade, crying, explained that she died very easily and peacefully on his hand. Before his attack, he said to the queen, "You are a martyr's mother, and I am sorry that you have left your children unattended these days and have fallen for me."

We buried the body outside the building and put it in the ambulance. They took Zahra to heaven for bathing. I came home. The TV read the news of his father's death and the condolence message of Ayatollah Khamenei in the 7 o'clock news.

Condolence calls for his father's death started; The first phone call was made by Mr. Yazdi, the head of the judiciary, and then from Rafsanjan and other places. Mr. Marashi, the head of the office, organizes and manages the program with good management.