Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – June 25, 1989

I worked in my office until half past seven in the morning. According to reports, there is great sensitivity in Western circles about my trip to the Soviet Union. All the media have news and analysis on this issue. Apparently, it has ended in favor of Iran. Before the meeting, I gave a brief report of the positive effects of the trip to the delegates.

I stayed in the meeting until half past ten. The public health insurance plan was rejected. If it were to be approved, we would have bad economic effects because of the heavy tax it would entail. I have severe back pain again. Dr. [Hossein] Jazayeri, Dr. [Syed Ali] Mousavi and Dr. [Mohammed Saleh] Ganjovian came. They examined They consider the possibility of the disc to be weak, but to be sure, they are going to take a picture tomorrow.

Mr. [Abd al-Hossein] Moqtadaei, the representative of Abadan, came and said something about the weakness of manpower training in the Ministry of Oil. It was decided to give a written report. In the evening, I went to the [constitutional] revision council meeting. Several principles of centralization of the executive branch were approved. I gave a description of the trip in my breath.

At night, we had a meeting with Ayatollah Khamenei that lasted until half past ten. Negotiations about the armed forces and it was decided to merge the two ministries of the IRGC and Defense; We also made other decisions. They discussed the presidential elections, future economic and political issues, and taking advantage of the trip to the Soviet Union.

Timsar [Mustafa] Turabi [Head of the Defense and Intelligence Organization of the Army] informed that the United States, through a retired soldier, informed Engineer [Akbar] Turkan [Head of the Defense Industries Organization] that he is ready to provide our weapons needs. If true, it is to dissuade us from buying weapons from the Soviet Union. We said that if he is telling the truth, they should release our blocked property and goods unconditionally. I went to the parliament and slept by taking painkillers.