Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – March 7, 1989

I reached the parliament at seven in the morning. Dr. Velayati said on the phone that it is not necessary to ask the Parliament about the severance of relations with England. because all three conditions of the parliament have not been fulfilled and only the content of the book has been weakly condemned; The minister's own opinion is to announce the termination of the relationship. Finally, at noon, the termination of relations was announced.

The budget bill for the year 2018 was put on order from today. I stayed in the meeting until half past ten in the morning. The Vice Premier of China came. The negotiations were based on strengthening and developing relations. In the afternoon, the members of the [Central Council] of the Imam Relief Committees came. Mr. [Syed Reza] Nyeri reported and I also spoke.

At 3:30, I went to Vahdat Hall and opened the seminar of cooperatives. In the evening, the parliament had a meeting, but I did not participate. [Brigadier Mustafa] Turabi [head of the Army Intelligence and Security Organization] came and told about foreign special operations. Salmani came to shave my head. Mr. [Ali] Jannati came for the work of that office. I worked in my office until eight in the evening. I went to the meeting of the Expediency Council. Government sanctions were in order. I arrived home around eleven at night.