Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – October 13, 1988

I woke up at half past four in the morning. After the prayer, I went to the airport to see off the Speaker of the Sierra Leone Assembly. He read a statement and a short interview was conducted with both of us. I escorted him to the airport. They flew with Hema.

I went to the parliament and read the reports until eight o'clock in the morning and was in the open session until eleven o'clock. Shahyar's Basijs had come and I spoke to them. I went to the dentist to install dental veneers.

In the afternoon, Mr. [Mohammed Reza] Rahimi, the representative of Qorwa, came and made suggestions to pay more attention to the people of Kurdistan in order to win their trust. [Mr. Ainullah Alaa] representative of Ali Abadkatol came. He had a stroke and was advised to go abroad for treatment. In the evening, the commander of Nazaja [= army ground force] came. He reported the situation of the fronts and asked for help. The modification of the defense lines was discussed.

Mr. [Mahmoud] Vaezi came and told the progress of negotiations with England in Geneva to renew relations. I said that there should be no insistence on the statement and the time of the notification and that it should be dealt with with exception.

Mr. [Syed Muhammad Baqir] Hakim came and consulted to go to Syria. The Syrians have invited the Supreme Assembly to establish a center in Syria to fight against the Iraqi Baath; I agreed. It was decided to go ahead with the signing of a joint pact with other Iraqi opposition forces and to agree to the deployment of fighting forces in Syria, but they do not want to take money from Syria and want Iran to pay the expenses. I agreed. They want the Iraqi armed forces that go to Syria to come out of the control of the IRGC and come under the command of the Supreme Council.

[Mr. Majid Ghasemi] the head of Central Bank came. He gave the report of his trip to Germany and asked for foreign exchange resources. I came home Relatives were our guests.