Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – February 25, 1988

I reached the parliament at seven in the morning. In the media reports, the report of the Foreign Relations Committee of the US Congress is important, which has warned about the failure of Iraq and the threat to the interests of the West. Because they were not vice-chairmen, I stayed in the meeting until the end.

After the meeting, I spoke to a group of spectators who were from the Sepahi, Basij, and cultural groups. They had brought great help for the war from the sixth education area.

Mr. Sanjaghi came and informed that the operation was delayed. Mr. [Ahmed] Zamanian, representative of Nahavand, came. In order to remove the danger from himself because of the judicial authorities' declaration of crime against him, he relied on the accusation of publishing lies about the prisoners in Nahavand.

Mr. [Syed Hadi] Khosrowshahi came in the evening. He gave the report of the two congresses from London and Pakistan, which were in favor of Iran, and spoke about the spread of pro-Islam and our revolution publications in Turkey, and appealed to remove the bad writings of Mr. Ziarati [= Seyed Hamid Rouhani] against himself.

The Central Election Monitoring Council came and gave a work report and asked for guidance. I advised them to be serious about the integrity of the elections. Colonel Turabi [head of the Army's Information Protection Organization] came. He reported and criticized the influence of incompetent elements. I worked in my office until eight in the evening. I went home. Relatives from the family of the late uncle, Agha Mirza Abbas, were with Mohsen at home. The export of pistachio and copper from Rafsanjan was discussed. We brought dinner from outside.