Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – June 18, 1986

I arrived at the parliament at eight in the morning. I read the reports until nine o'clock. I greeted Mr. [Mohsen] Daagu. He was diagnosed with cancer and was treated for months in London. He said the danger has been removed.

The managers of the Islamic Economic Organization came. They asked for help to control loan funds and export facilities. Mr. Mir Emad, the prosecutor of Tehran, came and got angry and returned because of the physical search of him by the bodyguards. The wives of Messrs. Bushehri, Tendgouyan and Yahiwi - who are captives in Iraq - came to help free them and reported their activities.

[Dr. Mohammad Farhadi] Minister of Science and the members of the staff coordinating the activities and facilities of the universities came to fight. They gave a work report, asked for a budget, and told about facilities for students who have left the front. Mr. [Mohammed] Foroughi, the representative of the former [Mosque Suleiman] came and told about the situation in Kurdistan. Mr. [Barzo] Mehbodi, the representative of Kazerun, came. He consulted about the quality of dealing with two lines of thought in Kazerun.

In the evening, the board of directors had a meeting. We adjusted the work with new members. Mr. Kongerlo came and informed that the Americans still insist to come to Tehran to solve the issue of hostages. I told them to send the goods and there is no need for them to come. They informed that Iraq attacked several oil facilities and caused a lot of damage and one or two Iraqi planes were shot down. He may claim that he retaliated against yesterday's explosions in the Kuwait refinery.

At night, the leaders were my guests. The war between the army and the army was discussed. Mr. [Ayatollah] Khamenei quoted Mr. Montazeri's criticisms. It was decided that Mr. [Mousavi] Ardabili would go to Friday prayers; They have not gone for a while.