Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – March 8, 1987

I read the reports before the meeting. Before the public meeting, I spoke about the war to the delegates. I stayed in the public meeting until I breathed. The discussion was about the general budget.

This year, due to the state of war and because of the Imam's warning to the representatives, regarding refraining from demeaning and hostile speeches, the opponents of the government were not ready to speak, and as a result, the debate was held in general, brief and short, and the political positions that usually appear in the budget discussion did not appear. It is expected that the discussion in the notes will be short; Because the financial situation of the country does not have much room for discussion in the notes.

Agha Mohammadi came. He explained about the operational plans of the Ramadan base inside Iraq. The designs are interesting and if executed well, impressive. Raised the aid. Mr. [Sidreza] Zawari came and spoke badly about the situation. I did the backlogs in the evening until the night.

The night of the meeting of the heads of forces was at Ahmad Agha's house. Imam also participated as usual. I gave a report on the situation on the front and pointed out the problem of progress in the east of Basra and the high casualties on both sides. With the request of the Prime Minister and the Imam's permission, two billion Tomans were borrowed from the Central Bank for the expenses of those who were bombed and 2.4 billion Tomans for the extraordinary operations of the military and Sased [= Defense Industries Organization] with the approval of the heads of the three branches.