Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – June 14, 1984

I stayed up until six in the morning and then slept until half past seven. They brought the reports

I read It was not important. At eight o'clock, I went to the [credentials check] branch. We approved two or three credentials. In the public session of the parliament, the credentials of 31 representatives were approved and [credentials] of 15 went to the investigation commission. After the meeting, a number of representatives came to solve their problems and problems. They had such references in my office.

Some people were prepared to protest against the credentials of Mr. [Ahmed] Azari [Qomi] and [Sadiq] Khalkhali, the representatives of Qom, and I usually advise understanding. Mr. [Ghafoor] Gershasabi, the former representative of Bandar Lange, also referred to solve the problem of service outside the center - which was incompletely done. Mr. [Syed Mohammad Ali] Qureshi also spoke about the status and shortcomings of Khomein.

In the evening, I had a meeting with Mr. Majid Ansari, who consulted about his new job, "representative of the Supreme Judicial Council in prisons and revolutionary courts." I expressed my opinions about the freedom of innocent and low-risk prisoners, and regularizing and uniforming the courts and the work of prisoners.

The commander of the air force came and talked about the needs, deficiencies and problems of the air force and asked for help. A group of [employees] of the Nutrition Institute came and told about the weaknesses of that institute; I was supposed to take care of it. Mr. [Mohsen] Noorbakhsh, the head of the central bank, came and talked about the danger of running out of foreign exchange reserves if the crisis in the Persian Gulf continues, and proposed ways to deal with it: borrowing, buying credit, austerity and savings, and clearing oil sales; I also added facilities to attract foreign private sector currencies. I came home after breaking the fast.