Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – March 21, 1992

It is the month of Ramadan. As usual in other dawns, I woke up with the alarm clock. I turned on the samovar and heated the food. Then I woke Yasir up. I read some of the prayers of Abu Hamza [Thamali]. Yaser set the table, we had breakfast.

After the morning prayer, I slept until half past eight. Then I studied the reports and completed the remaining work from the end of last year. Some relatives came to visit Eid.

Mr. [Manochehr] Mutaki, [International Deputy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs], asked about the Red Cross by phone. We decided to suspend their work for violating their duties and authority and let them know that the improper treatment of the Western camp with the issue of human rights and the misuse of these issues in the direction of biased propaganda has robbed us of our trust.

Mr. [Mohammed Hossein] Zarandi, the Friday imam of Bakhtran [=Kermanshah], on the phone complained about the composition of the supervisory board of the Guardian Council in the province and demanded to be addressed. Mr. [Gholamali] Shahraki and [Fakhreddin] Rezahi, representatives of Zabul and Saravan, appealed for the problem that happened to Mr. Rezahi during the election; Before the election, Rezazehi was a member of the city association and the recent amendment of the election law in the parliament deprived him of the right to be elected.

Relatives came in the evening and night. Most of the time was spent reading the reports. The ceasefire, which was established at the initiative of Iran in the Nagorno-Karabakh region [between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Armenia], is relatively respected, but the western media does not want to bring it up in the name of Iran. The announcement of the suspension of the activities of the World Red Cross Organization in Iran has received a wide response and it is expected that they will make a lot of noise.