Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – February 28, 1993

Mr. [Mohammed] Saidi Kia, [Minister of Roads and Transport] came. He gave a report on the results of the air accident investigation. It is claimed, Nahaja [= Army Air Force], is not willing to give all the information. Consulted on the type of treatment in the issue of impeachment of Majlisians.

Mr. [Gholamreza] came. He expressed concern about the plan to merge the two ministries of Jihad Construction and Agriculture and gave a report on the problems of the flood victims in the villages of Hormozgan. Bushehr governor and deputies came and raised the demands; They have raised many big and difficult demands.

I went to Arak Mosque to participate in Ayatollah Amoli's Fatiha meeting. I sat for a while and came back. There, Mr. Sheikh Yahya Nouri praised the government's programs. Mr. Siddiqui asked to ask the wife of Shahid Rajaei. Mr. [Syed Mohammad Baqer] Hakim came and said that recently, following the Salah al-Din Congress, they had new agreements with other Iraqi opponents. He said that the condition of western action to remove Saddam is the agreement of the opponents and the assurance of Iran's non-interference. He asked for more help and also said the necessity of entrusting the command of the Badr forces to the Iraqis themselves when they go to Iraq.

In the evening, the government board had a meeting. There was a discussion about the currency payment method in 1372 and the issues of the new Tarabar Square. I was a guest of Ayatollah Khamenei at the Iftar. We had a discussion about Azerbaijan's military aid requests, the judicial organization of the armed forces, the issues of Mr. Montazeri and [Abdul Karim] Soroush, Pakistan's negotiations for Afghanistan and Dr. Javan, the laser detector who offered to help Iran, and also his back pain.

I came home I spoke on the phone with Mr. [Abdullah] Nouri, the Minister of the Interior. Doctors differ in the diagnosis of boredom. It was decided to establish a council.