Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – July 8, 1984

The public session of the parliament was devoted to credentials. The credentials of [Mr. Seyyed Farajullah Afrazideh], the representative of Nowshahr, were first objected; Mostly because of one of his speeches during Taghut. Because he defended well, [his credentials] were approved. The opponents insisted [on rejecting his credentials] mostly because of Mr. Allah Badashti, his rival. Before the meeting, while breathing and between the meeting, as usual, there were a lot of inquiries from the representatives.

In the afternoon, Mr. Ali Hashemi, who is in charge of Jihad logistics, came from Rasht and brought gifts for the war and said that it is necessary to pay more attention to our border in Astara and to pay attention to the Anzali Marsh, and not to put pressure on farmers by restricting the sale of products.

We negotiated with Mr. [Ayatollah] Khamenei about breaking the sound wall [of the city of] Baghdad, and we gave up because of the possibility of more than 50 percent danger [to Iranian warplanes]. [Mr. Tabatabayi], the head of Mustafafan Foundation, came with engineer Farshchian, and there was a discussion and decisions were made about the wide movement of house building and the use of prefabricated factories. [Syedhasan Shojaei] Sari's representative also had something to say. In the evening, the board of the parliament had a meeting; It was more about the current affairs of the parliament.

Finally, the board of experts had a meeting. We planned for the second session. They had dinner in my office and I came home late. Mr. Dr. [Hasan] Rouhani from Masameha Sepah had a problem with the plan to use the facilities of the Ministry of Oil, so I called Mr. [Mohsen] Rezaei and questioned him. In the evening, he informed that the negligence was not on the part of the Corps.