Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – March 5, 1986

The study of the 1965 budget bill continued. Before noon and noon, I had meetings in my office about war work. Last night, the enemy attacked on Umm al-Qasr road and was defeated. In the evening, the chairman of the parliament had a meeting. The report of the special commission on Algeria's statement has been prepared. A policy has been prepared and we have a problem to be presented in the parliament. The rules [of the internal parliament in this regard] are ambiguous.

We were guests of Ahmad Agha at night. Ayatollah Montazeri also came from Qom. The imam also participated in the meeting, but did not stay long as he said he was bored. Mr. Montazeri asked the imam to allow Muftizadeh [one of the religious leaders of Akrad] to be monitored in a house outside the prison. Imam did not accept. Also, Mr. Montazeri requested that Mr. [Syedkazem] Shariatmadari, who is currently hospitalized, be allowed to meet the scholars. The Imam told him to meet his family.

We discussed the future of war. Assumptions 1- acceptance of the ceasefire on the condition of Saddam's trial and damages 2- continuation of the war until Saddam's fall 3- carrying out another effective attack and after gaining a decisive position 4- trying to stagnate the war and political movement for the fall of Baath in Iraq. Most of the third assumption was almost accepted. Although practically it cannot be done otherwise. This is what the public opinion and the fighters want. Imam did not participate in this discussion. In the end, a decision was made about the division of the remaining war budget between the army and the IRGC and Jihad and the government. I came home late.