Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – March 24, 1986

In the morning, I told Ahmad Agha on the phone to ask the Imam to encourage the people to go to the fronts today in their speeches. I asked the Prime Minister [Mirhossein Mousavi] about the results of the OPEC meetings. It turned out last night that the Indonesian oil minister opposed the reduction of its quota and everything was about to fall apart when Iran withdrew its condition and proposed further investigation and the decision was postponed until today. It's like the colonizers don't let the work go well and disrupt the work.

We went to visit Imam. It was an official meeting. Ayatollah Khamenei has gone to Mashhad. I congratulated [Imam Ali's birthday]. The Imam also spoke in detail and criticized the opponents of the war and encouraged them to go to the front. I returned home.

Mr. Aruj and Iqbali came. They have arranged the travel plan to Khuzestan and Jabeh by train; I agreed. In the evening, I went to Hosseiniyeh Irshad and gave a speech at the ceremony [commemorating] the 1000th anniversary [of the birth] of Seyyed Razi, which was organized by the Nahj al-Balagheh Foundation. I had studied a lot for this lecture.

Today, Iraq attacked our forces in Faw from three axes and crossed our line, but suffered a lot of losses and failed and used a lot of chemical [weapons].

Mr. Prime Minister informed that the OPEC conference has ended unsuccessfully due to the insistence of Iraq and Venezuela to increase their production share and they have been breathing for two weeks. I said in my interview that Iraq should be held responsible for the failure of the conference.

On the night of Hajiya, his parents and relatives came. We bought them food from outside. They are going for Umrah. Her mother's blood pressure is high and she is upset.