Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – May 30, 1989

I reached the parliament at quarter past seven. Before the order, I talked about the Muslim march in England. I returned to my office at quarter past ten. with [Mr. Khristo Khristev] Minister of Trade

[Foreign] I met Bulgaria. The words were general and friendly. In the afternoon, Mr. [Mirkmaluddin] Shahriari, the representative of Bushehr [Dashti and Tungistan] came for local issues and his dispute with the regional health official.

In the evening, the [Constitutional] Revision Council had a meeting. The report of the commission was rejected in the management of Sedavosima, and instead, the appointment and removal of the CEO was left to the leadership.

In the evening, the Expediency Council had a meeting. We discussed about the lands occupied by the people from natural resources before the revolution and their restitution and then the pressure of the people to take them back, after the announcement of the opinion of the Guardian Council regarding the annulment of Articles 55 and 56 of the Law on the Protection of Natural Resources and the problems that have arisen for the government in this area. It did not reach a definite conclusion and there was talk about the need to pressure the government to speed up the execution of punishments to curb inflation. I arrived home late. Efat also went to the party meeting of the foreign minister of Tanzania; We arrived home at the same time.

Although it was late, I went to the [Qalb Jamaran] hospital. Imam spoke with difficulty. They told me in a weak voice that the poison medicine that I accepted the resolution was bitter for me and I interpreted it as a poison cup, but today, when I see that after my death, the country does not have the problem of war, that bitterness is sweet for me. Hearing the word death, I was shocked and cried. I kept silent; I did not want the imam to see that scene.