Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – November 18, 1989

I reached my office at eight in the morning. At ten o'clock Mr. [Mohammed] Saidi Kia, [Hasan] Shafti and [Ali Mohammad] Noorian came. They gave a report on the work of activating an airplane and asked for help to remove the obstacles; Especially the presence of dozens of institutions and organizations at Mehrabad Airport, which are busy.

Mr. [Attaullah] Mohajerani [Parliamentary Deputy of the President] came for the affairs of the parliament and asked for opinions on the bills and told about the activities of Mr. [Syedkazem Mousavi] Bejunordi's encyclopedic foundation and the fish production plan next to Etrak. Dr. [Hasan] Rouhani [Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council] came. He gave a report on the preparations of the Supreme Security Council and discussed the heads of the committees and their secretaries.

Mohsen came. He asked for money for the works of the agricultural property of Alborz Qom and consulted for his works. Mr. [Mahdi] Karroubi [Chairman of the Islamic Council] came. They talked about the political issues of the country and Mr. Montazeri, the parliament, representatives and lines; Apparently, he is not happy with the radicals, but he is with them.

Mr. [Hossein] Mahluji, [Mohammed Taqi] Banki and Kolahdooz came and told about the lack of foreign exchange for industries in the five-year plan. Mr. Hashemi [Golpaygani] came to set the agenda for the meeting of the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution.

At night, we had a meeting in the leader's office with the presence of Mr. Ahmad. It was discussed about preventing the unbalanced movement of radicals. Mr. Khamenei was supposed to say something. We listened to a tape in which a person recited Imam's poems like Imam himself; It has caused a problem. Similar to the tone and voice of the reciting imam, and while someone is playing a reed, the sound of the reed was recorded along with the voice of the imam: I was caught by a mole on your lip, friend, and.... They have identified the party and say that he is a good person and apparently has no bad opinion. The concern is that it will be broadcast a lot and people will think that the imam had a tarb ceremony with reed blowing. One idea was to tell the people about the issue by summoning this person on TV. There are possible losses due to this action, and we decided to leave the matter alone. I returned to my office.