Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – May 6, 1986

At two o'clock in the morning, there was a call that a group of people under the training of the IRGC were surrounded by floods and the helicopter that went to rescue them had crashed and the helicopter would not come again. I told the [army] consulting office to pursue the issue. They said that the night flight pilot is not ready. The rain of the past few days has caused floods in many parts of the country. including in Lorestan, Khuzestan, Khorasan and Tehran and...

In the reports, there was news of a missile hitting an oil ship. In the public meeting, we finished the plan of duties and powers of the president. Reviewing this plan took a lot of time. There were many referrals from the representatives. After breathing Mr. Dr. Rohani came and discussed about the war and the problem of the army and the military engineering. Mr. Rouhani is worried about the expansionism of the IRGC.

I told Mr. Montazeri's plan about the armed forces, he was optimistic about the future. He accepts that success in the war depends on the IRGC and that there is no alternative, and that the IRGC commanders must be appeased. Mr. Rezaei told the future plan of the operation over the phone and with code and expressed his satisfaction with the cooperation with Colonel Jamali. Dr. Mahani, a dentist, came to the parliament and was unhappy with the termination of his work in the parliament.

In the evening, the members of the IRGC's information protection came. I spoke for them in detail. Mr. [Ataullah] Mohajerani, the parliamentary deputy of the prime minister, came. He brought up the problem of the Guardian Council's interpretation of the constitution, which says that referring to the arbitration of pre-revolutionary contracts also requires the vote of the parliament, even though it has been canceled and our side will refer it if it is in its favor.

Mr. [Abdul Hossein] Saweh [Kerman representative] came and talked about the two [guidance] schools of Modares and [Shahid High School] Chit Chian. Mr. [Reza] Amrollahi [head of the Atomic Energy Organization] came. It is claimed that the Argentines have agreed to some extent to cooperate with us in setting up the Bushehr nuclear power plant.

The members of the Commission for Determining Important Goals came to Iraq and brought comprehensive information about Iraq's industrial centers, power plants, refineries, and oil centers. Mr. Rahimi came and offered some weapons. Mr. Tabasi came. They complained about the disturbing line. They talked about the treatment of their feet. I went home late at night.