Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – March 3, 1986

I went to the parliament first. I stayed for half of the public meeting. At noon, the representatives of the war-torn provinces came. They were asking for help to increase the budget of war refugees. In the evening, I had a meeting with the Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the head of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the German Parliament.

He requested a private meeting. He said that he believes that Iran will finally defeat Saddam and said that the West is worried about the situation of Turkey and Saudi [Arabia] after the victory of Iran and also does not know what your plans are in Iraq. I said that we will not impose anything on the Iraqi people. The choice is theirs. We are ready to negotiate the future of Iraq with Türkiye and Saudi Arabia.

The follow-up committee of the China-Japan travel agreements came and proposed an amendment to the currency note of the budget so that we can conclude large contracts [in the form of] loans. I suggested in the parliament; accepted

Mr. Vahidi, the IRGC intelligence officer, came and reported on the negotiations with the Americans. They had not given any important information. They said in general that it is not reliable. They had already said that they would give important information that would have a serious impact on the war. At night, the officials of the army and camps came and discussed about war, engineering, transportation from Arvand, and the preparation of other work items. The meeting lasted until midnight. I slept tiredly.