Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – November 1, 1983

In the public meeting, Mr. [Hashem] Sabbaghian [Tehran's representative], in his speech before the order, told Mazloum Namei about the incident on Friday, and at the end of his speech, Mr. Karabagh intervened and they had a fight. He got into a fight. I cut off the podium and the radio stopped playing. Mr. [Ali Akbar] Moinfar and [Hashem] Sabbaghian were taken to a room and taken under guard. I started the meeting again and briefly explained the story to the people. Several bills were approved and several questions were asked.

At noon, a group of guards from Jahrom and Imam Juma Azna came to meet. They had brought gold and money for war expenses. The air force personnel who came to the parliament to watch brought some money for the war. [Colonel Salimi] the Minister of Defense came and reported on his trip to North Korea and the success in buying military items; 130 cannon and RPG bullets and mortars and....

In the evening Mr. Behzad Nabavi, the Minister of Heavy Industries, came and complained about the lack of support for continuing the work in Algeria's statement. I explained that we trusted until the end and did not weaken in any way. Opposition started from your own appointees. He had objections to the work of Mr. [Gouders] Iftikhar Jahrami, who replaced Mr. Mohammadi, and was worried about the upcoming elections, and he also complained about the Prime Minister that he did not have complete trust in him.

Our ambassadors and ambassadors in Europe and America, etc., who are in Tehran for holding a seminar, came. Dr. Velayati gave reports and I spoke to them in detail and explained the flow of the freedom movement. At night, we had a meeting of the central council [community] of militant clergy [Tehran]; We made a decision about the quality of the selection of candidates.