Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – February 28, 1991

I reached the office at half past seven in the morning. World issues from the war go to the future of the region and the humiliation and humiliation of Iraq is evident. Mr. [Abbas] Shibani, [Tehran's representative] came. He appealed to the hospitals and said that Dr. [Reza] Molekzadeh's situation in the parliament is not bad. I tied the marriage contract of one of the freedmen who was captured in the Mersad operation and gave a gift.

[Mr. Gholamreza Aghazadeh], the oil minister came. He gave a report on the new contracts regarding the petrochemical industry and the extraction of gas from common reservoirs with Qatar. In total, it has used about five billion dollars of finance [= foreign credit]. Another billion dollars can do it. It was decided to announce that we are ready to cooperate in extinguishing the burning oil wells in Kuwait and Iraq. It is said that more than 500 wells were set on fire by Iraqis and some by nationalities.

Dr. [Goders] Aftekhar Jahrami, [Head of the Office of Presidential Legal Services] came. reported the work of the Hague Tribunal. He has hired a lawyer for our claimants from the Israelis, who remained from the time before the revolution. It was proposed to get 280 million dollars from the Americans, which the court ruled, to pay in exchange for some of the weapons we have there.

A group of scholars from the Madrasin community came. They expressed concern about the implementation of the Law of Councils and the possibility of its impact on the elections of the parliament, and criticized the parliament as interfering with the policies of the system, and expressed their lack of confidence in the body of the Ministry of Interior. [Mr. Robinson Chongo], Minister of Industry and Trade of Zambia came to visit. They talked about the development of relations.

In the evening, the governor of Kerman came. He said about the improvement of the security situation in the region and also about the industries of interest for construction in the province. The Supreme National Security Council had a meeting. Considering the failure of Iraq, the future of Iraq, the security of the region and the withdrawal of foreign forces were negotiated and decided. It was agreed that we will respond to the message sent by the US through the Swiss Embassy and ask for our opinion on the future of the region and say that the withdrawal of foreign forces and the cooperation of the countries in the region is based on paragraph 8 of Resolution 598, and we will ask the UN Secretary General to act to implement the rest of the resolution's clauses.

At night, Mr. [Ali] Falahian came and gave an information report. I came home They were Eft, Mahdi and Mohsen. Mehdi had a guest. They brought dinner from outside. Efet said that his prediction about the time of war was close to reality.