Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – March 22, 1989

I was at home. I walked a little in the yard. Several members of the guards came with their wives and children to visit Eid. Fati, Saeed, Sara, Azam and the children went to Rafsanjan and Hamid and Faezeh and the children went to the north. Efat wants to go to Gilan with Mohsin to participate in the marriage ceremony of the son of Shahid [Mohammed] Muftah with the daughter of Mr. [Sadiq] Ehsanbakhsh [representative of Imam and] Imam Juma of Rasht; Mohsen did not accept. Yasser went to his uncle's house; They study with Nasser - his cousin - to prepare for the entrance exam. Efat prepared food for them and took it.

In the evening, I visited Imam. I explained the situation of the army and the IRGC and the problem of the duality of the armed forces and the exorbitant expenses of organizations and repetitive forces and the need for cohesion, but Imam is worried that the integration of the army and the IRGC will cause them anger and conflict; Although they agree that they should eventually become one, they do not consider the time right. However, they do not oppose the merger of the two ministries of defense and the IRGC.

They are angry about Ayatollah Montazeri's statements and letters and decide to take drastic action. I asked them to hold their hands until further investigation. In today's message, they also have references. I also told about the high cost and the problems of the people and asked them to encourage the Imam to take action to solve the problems of the people. The imam said that it is good to leave the judgment of expediency to the assembly. Mohsen came. He demanded the demands he has from me and spent in Qom and Menzel.

In the evening, I spoke with Ayatollah Khamenei in Mashhad on the phone and asked him to shorten the trip and return earlier to solve the problem with Mr. Montazeri.