Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – October 12, 1982

At eight o'clock I went to Parliament and arrived a little late. Mr. [Mehdi] Bazargan was scheduled to give a speech before the agenda, and in my absence they had been worried about the events. When I arrived, they were relieved. Fortunately, he showed foresight and refrained from giving the speech. The Intelligence Ministry bill, despite the opposition of the Revolutionary Guards, was approved on its first reading by a more than two-thirds majority.

During the recess, I spoke with Mr. [Seyyed Mohammad Mousavi] Khoeiniha, who had been expelled from Saudi Arabia, about the events there. At noon, Mr. Mousavi Tabrizi gave a report on the assistance that had been provided after the Revolution, through him, to the Sunni scholars of the Khorasan region and their religious schools, and it was decided that efforts would be made to establish a higher religious seminary and improve the program. In the afternoon, I gave a television interview about the five-year plan. A group had come from Damavand to speak about the dispute between the Friday prayer leaders of Damavand and Rudehen. Mr. Fouad Karimi came and spoke about Islamic banking proposals.

The President came, and we discussed pursuing the case and intelligence regarding Russian agents, as well as how to deal with the Factory Protection Law, which had recently been suspended, and other news. Then the Supreme Defense Council convened. It became clear that from the beginning of Operation Muslim ibn Aqil until now, we had suffered about five hundred martyrs and two thousand five hundred wounded. Today, two Iraqi attacks were also repelled, and a number of prisoners were taken. We also made decisions regarding the requests of the Lebanese Shiite fighters; they themselves want to form a council to serve as the authority for decisions. We discussed and made decisions about the facilities of the pilot training college and the air defense of Qom, and... In conclusion, I gave an interview.