Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – May 31, 1984

Mr. Sayad Shirazi came and he is satisfied with the progress of the preparations for the operation, unlike the IRGC commanders - who are not very hopeful. It was reported that the Iraqis bombed the Tabriz refinery at 7:15 p.m., which resulted in the martyrdom of several people. In this air attack, one of the Iraqi planes was targeted by defense fire and shot down and its pilot was killed.

I worked in my office until eight in the morning. The first public meeting of the second-term parliament was held after the election of the temporary chairmanship. Before the formalization of the meeting, I talked about the possibility of fraud in the elections of vice presidents and workers, and the need to be careful when taking votes. The agenda of the public session of the Majlis was the report of the branches about credentials. 74 approved credentials were presented; 71 items were approved and 3 items, including the case of Mr. Hadi Ghaffari [Tehran representative], were protested. Because other people's cases have not reached [the Parliament], therefore, the branches have nothing to do, and it is not possible to have a public meeting; Therefore, we closed the parliament for ten days until the cases from the Ministry of Interior and the Guardian Council came to the parliament.

At noon, I had several meetings in my office. Mr. [Abul Qasim] Khazali came and talked more about the lack of attention of the radio and television to his reminders and the [necessity] not to overdo it on the night of the anniversary [of the death] of Dr. [Ali] Shariati. I got married to one of my guards and gave him a gift.

Mr. Niknam came from the Friday prayer headquarters [Tehran]; He reported and insisted that on important days, either I myself go to offer Friday prayers or Mr. [Ayatollah] Khamenei goes and we talk more [in Friday prayer sermons] to encourage [observance of] the [Islamic] hijab.

In the evening, two personnel from the aircraft industry came; They presented materials for making drones. In this case, I told the consultation office [Imam in the army] to follow the work.

[A group of] artillery and defense [IRGC Air Force] personnel came. I spoke for them. A group of people from Hamedan came; They wanted a new Friday imam [for Hamadan]. Mr. Tarabi [from the Imam's advisory office in the army] came and gave a report on the situation of the navy and oil tankers that had an accident in the Persian Gulf.

Mr. Behzad Nabavi and [Mustafa] Hashemi [Taba], the ministers of heavy industries and industries, came. They talked about the need of industries for a lot of currency and a shortage of currency and suggested that the Ministry of Oil be active in selling more or clearing. I also proposed to allow the entry of foreign currencies by freeing the entry of necessary goods by the private sector.

Mr. Sheikh Mehdi Shamsuddin came from [Southern Scholars] of Lebanon and complained about the strictness of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and consulted about the politics of Lebanon and dealing with other forces. At night, I did the office work and came home.