Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – November 6, 1984

After the morning prayer, I went to the assembly. The reports indicated that last night two Yemeni people brought a plane from Saudi Arabia and parked it at Mehrabad airport. I spoke with [Mr. Velayati] the foreign minister about this. It was agreed that we will try to get the plane safe and sound and return it [to Saudi Arabia]. In the afternoon, they said that the passengers themselves had arrested the hijackers, and then the police intervened and took them over. Later it turned out that the news was wrong, our forces forced them to surrender.

I worked in the parliament until 10 o'clock in the morning, and then due to the discussion about the credentials of Mr. [Akbar] Hamidzadeh [Boin Zahra representative], at the request of the members of the parliament, we made the meeting private and informal. Pros and cons talked about his credentials. It was not expedient to broadcast from the podium. This meeting lasted until nearly three in the afternoon. The representatives were satisfied with my television interview about the parliament and signed a letter of thanks.

In the evening, I had meetings. At night, I stayed in the parliament. I did the backlog. For a few days, my right hand has a little pain. Dr. [Moussa] Zargar diagnosed that the nerves of the hand were swollen and gave pills. When I take the pills, I get a little hangover. At night, I saw two films, "The Red Line" and "The Spider's House", which were made against the counter-revolution. The first one was made by the leftists; It is not a good movie. The second is not bad.