Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – October 16, 1989

After the prayer, I did the work until nine o'clock in the morning. [Mr. Habibullah Askar-Avaladi, Habibullah Shafiq and Seyyed Reza Neiri] the heads of the Imam Relief Committee came. They expressed their happiness with the progress of the country's affairs and gave a report on their trip to Lebanon and relief services in this country and requested for the development of the work.

Mr. [Mohsen] Mujtahed Shebastri and [Mr. Hassan Amin Lo] the representative of Shebast came and asked for the construction needs of Shabast. Mr. Shabastri consulted to participate in the elections in Tehran and proposed the coalition of the clergy and the clergy. Mr. [Ahmed Ali] Nazari [Pour], representative of Darab, came. He talked about the deprivation of the region and insisted on traveling there and helping to remove the deprivation. Mr. [Reza] Amrollahi came and talked about nuclear energy. Four nuclear energy specialists came and criticized the performance of Mr. Amrollahi [head of the Atomic Energy Organization].

In the evening, Mr. [Assadullah] Bayat [Deputy Speaker of the Parliament] came. He wanted me to travel to Zanjan and criticized the action of [Mr. Mohammad Ali Najafi] the Minister of Education in dismissing some officials. Mr. [Mohammed] Saidi Kia [Minister of Roads and Transport] came. He said about the appointment of the head of the country's aircraft and the aircraft of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Mr. [Ali] Shamkhani came. It was discussed to accept the replacement of the Minister of Defense; He accepted with my encouragement. Mr. Nachikian came and talked about the development of information agents through economic companies.

I worked in my office until eight at night and went home. We had repeated phone calls from Rafsanjan that they were worried about Mr. [Seydziauddin] Mir Emad going to the city to hold the office of justice, to which I said that Mr. [Mohammed] Yazdi has been warned and I will not interfere any more.

Mohsen came and gave a complete report on the situation of Tehran's passenger terminals; The condition is bad and it has the style of old Iranian garages. I decided to correct them. Mohsen, his mother and his family are going to China at the invitation of the head of the Chinese Muslim Association. We negotiated about this. Apparently, this person is responsible for a part of China's missile industry - the Research and Production Academy of Long-Range Guided Missiles - which is related to Mohsen's work [in IRGC missile industries].