Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – November 13, 1985

It rained a lot last night and it makes me happy. We have had little rain this year since the beginning of the year. I went to the parliament at eight in the morning. Mr. Jami [Imam Juma of Abadan] came from Abadan and demanded to dredge Bahmanshir for Imran Abadan. The person in charge of transportation affairs of the parliament came and gave a work report.

Mr. [Hossein] Kamali came and reported on the trip of the labor delegation to China at the invitation of the labor union. Mr. [Hossein] Mousavian [the director of administrative affairs of the parliament] came and told about the administrative problems of the parliament and the uncoordinated work of the three-member supervisory board. The administrative work of the parliament is difficult with this existing organization.

The president of Tarbiat Moalem University and a group of professors came and complained about the disturbances of the consolidation of unity and Islamic associations and informed about the development of the university and the acceptance of more students.

Mr. Khaliq came from Lebanon and gave a report on the situation in Lebanon and proposed a meeting of Lebanese scholars in Tehran. The Islamic scholars of Lebanon are gradually facing Syria, which intends to preserve Lebanon's tribal system.

In the evening, officials of the Tehran Metro [Company] came and gave a work report. Volunteer [contracting] companies have offered reasonable prices. Dr. Jasbi came and gave a report on the status of Islamic Azad University. This year, about 24,000 full-time students and 40,000 part-time students are accepted. The problems are in the issue of military service and [graduation] degree. This rapid development is certainly not without flaws. Mr. Hakim came from Ramadan camp. They did not agree on operations inside Iraq. Negotiations were held and an agreement was reached. It was decided that Mr. Hakim would introduce some people and give the camp facilities.

Aghazadeh informed by phone that the sale of oil has increased and the Americans have delayed the delivery of the items and said that these items will be traded with the hostages in a third country. I told him to say that we cannot take any action before we receive the first pen; They are not in our possession, and after making sure of America's honesty, we will take action to identify them.

At night, we were guests of Mr. [Ayatollah] Khamenei, Velayati and Mousavi, Mr. [Mousavi] Ardabili. They talked more about foreign policy and the quality of cooperation with the Syrians and Libyans and the south of the Persian Gulf. It was decided that Mr. Velayati [Foreign Affairs Minister] will travel to the three countries of Syria, Libya and Algeria to prevent the closeness of Jordan and Iraq to Libya and Syria, and then go to Saudi Arabia. I came home late. I read the reports.