Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – February 16, 1987

This morning I went to Noorafshan hospital to visit the war wounded. I met and greeted about ninety people and gave gifts. I spoke for the staff. The condition of the hospital was good and the injured were satisfied with the management of the doctors. I came to the parliament at noon.

In the evening, Mr. Nachichian came and said that one of the American figures asked him to allow Mr. Reagan to make a phone call. I said that there is mischief at work and the leaders of the forces and the imam should be consulted. The head of the parliament had a meeting to examine the security of the parliament against the risk of bombing. It was agreed that for now the work will continue in the same place and if the situation becomes critical, we will move the general meeting to the basement.

Mr. Salehi, the commander of the security forces, came. He negotiated about the person in charge of my protection team and the person in charge of the parliament's arrangements. From half past nine, the members of the defense and program and budget commissions came. The budget of the whole country was discussed. One idea was to make the budget a war and use construction credits. Finally, it was decided to give the war budget as much as last year's consumption, remove the subsidy from electricity and fuel, and make some ministries responsible for repairing the problem of the bombed cities. I arrived home at ten o'clock at night.