Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – March 6, 1988

I woke up at five in the morning with the sound of an Iraqi missile explosion. Later, it turned out that the missile hit the northern mountains of Shemiran and was not damaged. I came to the parliament. I was in the public meeting until almost noon. The representatives advised me to stay less in the meeting. I worked in my office until eight in the evening.

Mr. [Mohammed Javad] Larijani came. He reported his trip to Algeria, Argentina and Brazil and is satisfied. They have promised not to act against us in the Security Council. All three countries wanted to develop economic relations. Mr. Mahmoudi, our ambassador in Sierra Leone, came and said that the Speaker of the Sierra Leone Parliament was unhappy with the cancellation of his visit to Tehran by Iran. Mr. Sanjaghi came for war and front issues.

In the evening, three Iraqi missiles reached Tehran, but all of them exploded in space. Today, a large number of cities in the west and south were bombed by the Iraqis and there were casualties, and an Iraqi plane was shot down and its pilot was captured.

Students in Isfahan and Tehran have demonstrated against Russia and even though they were not supposed to go to the Soviet Embassy, ​​they went and started a fire by throwing Molotov cocktails.

At night, the community of militant clergy had a meeting. Mr. Mahdavi Kenny protested against the [introduction] of some of the candidates, that in his absence, part of his opinions were provided. Mr. Rouhani informed that the Hag missile site in Tehran shot down an Iraqi missile at an altitude of 21,000 meters. I arrived home late.