Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – October 8, 1988

I suggested to Ayatollah Khamenei that regarding the resolution of the expediency council regarding preventing children from going abroad without their parents, they should give a warning to the administrators not to prevent children from going abroad with their parents, even though they have independent visas.

I went to the parliament at half past eight. In the reports, the uprising of the Algerian people against the ruling party is important, which has led to military rule and the killing of people. The reason for the uprising is new economic policies, and it was similar in some parts of Yugoslavia.

The speaker of the Sierra Leone parliament, who came to Iran at my invitation, came to the parliament for a meeting. I went to the elevator on the bottom floor. We had a long and friendly discussion. He and one of his companions are Christians and three of his companions are Muslims. They are all MPs. Two Christians have a large body and Muslims have well-balanced bodies. I told them this jokingly. He asked us to donate some minibuses to transport the representatives to the Sierra Leone Parliament and also to build a fence for their parliament, which is built on top of a hill and has no fence; I said it is not an important request. The negotiations were limited to ordinary and political compliments.

Mr. Math came. He reported the arrival of China's high-ranking military delegation, which came with open arms to sell weapons needs, and consulted on the continuation of the work of the Military Procurement Monitoring Commission. In the evening, Mr. Tabatabaei, the head of IRGC publicity and publications, came. He criticized the IRGC commander and asked about staying in the IRGC; While they want to move him from executive and cultural work to consulting. I told him to stay.

Mr. [Ali Akbar] Natiq Nouri came. He consulted about their positions in the parliament and current issues. He insisted on accepting the presidency from me. The night of the meeting of the heads of forces was in the prime minister's office. Dr. Velayati gave a report on the negotiations in New York. He claims that progress has been observed in private meetings with the Secretary General, although Iraq does not agree. The oil minister was allowed to negotiate with the oil minister of Saudi Arabia on the sidelines of the OPEC committee to improve relations. I arrived home late.