Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – January 3, 1987

Efat called from Rafsanjan. He said that it is not yet known whether the body of Martyr Mehdi Sharifian - my cousin - has reached Noug. They were waiting for the news to go to Nog. I spoke with Mr. [Ayatollah] Khamenei and told him the results of the trip. Mr. Ahmad came. I told them the result of my journey to serve the Imam. He commented that it is better to release Mr. Seyyed Hadi Hashemi. I also agree. They reported that Seyyed Mehdi Hashemi has retracted some of his confessions.

I devoted most of the time to doing the backlog of several days of travel and reading the reports. I wrote a letter to Hamshira Tayyaba to condole the martyrdom of her son Mahdi in Karbala Chahar.

Mr. [Abd al-Majid] Maadikhah came for the works of the History Foundation; He bought a computer terminal and has a monthly fee. Mr. Mohammadi Iraqi came in the first night. He gave a report on the situation of the units in the south and had suggestions. Regarding the war, he said that the number of missing people in Karbala is around 2,000. More has already been said, like they are found little by little. This is usually the case after the operation.

I negotiated with Mr. Firouzabadi, Riazi, Rafiq Dost, Dr. Rouhani and Sanjaghi about the needs of the war. In today's reports, we did not have any important news. Iraq has also reduced its evil after the Karbala Four operation; It is not clear why?