Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – May 21, 1985

I went to the assembly early in the morning. In the public meeting, the bill of the Ministry of Heavy Industries was discussed, but it was not finished. As a warning, Mr. Salehi, representative of Isfahan, said something that offended the Guardian Council and then apologized. At noon, the retired employees of the Parliament came and demanded an increase in their salaries. The General Director of Public Relations [Majlis] came for administrative work. Dissatisfied with employers.

In the evening, I gave a lecture to a group of social work students. The Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution had a meeting. In this meeting, the discussion about the quality of the selection of the professor and the central council was completed and we did not reach an agreement on the appointment of the president of Tehran University. The Minister of Science wants Mr. [Dr. Ali] Shariatmadari and the majority of members want Dr. [Mohammed] Farhadi. After the meeting, we talked with the Prime Minister and the President about the completion of the cabinet and war issues.

Today, Iraq attacked the Zargan power plant in Ahvaz and the pump house of Tange Fani in Lorestan, and we are going to retaliate. I came home at night. The Speaker of the Hungarian Parliament has also invited me in writing to visit that country. I said that the news should be given to the media. [Mr. Salah Zawawi] the Palestinian ambassador appealed in a message to end the war between the forces of the Amal movement and the Palestinians in the Palestinian camps in Lebanon.