Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – May 14, 1986

First of all, Colonel Jamali informed the front that Iraq attacked in the Haj Imran area tonight, but with previous preparations, the attack was repelled and he expressed his satisfaction with the cooperation of the army and the IRGC, and then Mr. Qadri, the representative of Piranshahr, informed the same and requested air support. I told [Colonel Hoshang Sediq] the air force commander to support Tabriz and Hamadan base.

I came to my office. Mr. [Syed Hossein] Mousaviyan [administrative director of the Islamic Council] came. He said his performance report on the regulation of the parliament offices. It is claimed that the office of the parliament's property was lost after the revolution and they are preparing the office. The stagnant archive is in such a bad state that even valuable documents such as the credentials of the representatives of the first terms and... the parliament are about to be destroyed, and the blame is on this.

Mr. Dr. Anwari, the president of Sharif University, came and asked for the cancellation of the government's letter of approval regarding the transfer of the assets of the university employees' savings fund, before it became a government.

The Prime Minister informed by phone that the court in The Hague has issued a judgment regarding the payment of about 500 million dollars in the debt of American banks to Iran in our favor, which has not yet been decided to be implemented. It is a good victory.

We had a meeting composed of the representatives of Tehran, [Mohammed Asghari] the Minister of Justice and [Hossein Taheri] the Governor of Tehran, to examine the plan to transfer [criminals] the residents of Jamshid neighborhood - the notorious neighborhood of Tehran - to move them to another place, but to train them and rebuild the neighborhood. The discussion was postponed until next week. In the afternoon, Mr. Fakhr Rouhani came on behalf of Mr. Montazeri and proposed to improve relations with the Palestine Liberation Organization - PLO.

In the afternoon, Colonel Jamali informed that since 10 o'clock in the morning, the Iraqi pressure has increased; Although Iraq took 60 prisoners, lost eight helicopters and ten tanks and suffered many casualties, it captured two heights. He asked for air and anti-aircraft support. Before him, Mr. Shamkhani only talked about the victories and repelling the attack.

We had a meeting of the chairmanship of the parliament. It was reported that we have bombed the oil production center of Kirkuk, Iraq. If it is true, it is a good success. They reported that Iraq attacked a passenger train at Haft Tepe station and dozens of people were martyred and hundreds were injured. There were also some ammunition wagons in the station that were blown up.

At night, we were guests of Mr. Mousavi Ardabili. They talked about the war, the French and American hostages, and the appreciation of relations with France. It was decided that Mr. [Alireza] Moiri, the Deputy [Political] Prime Minister, will go to France to take the letter of the French leaders to improve relations.