Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – September 10, 1987

I came to my office early in the morning. I did the remaining work from yesterday. I did not go to the public meeting. We did not have anything important in the reports. I went to war. Mr. Fakhruddin Hijazi came in the afternoon. He complains that they want to take the room he has in the parliament from him.

The Navy informed that a ship was targeted in the Persian Gulf. Mr. [Hussein] Alaei [commander of IRGC Navy] informed that at four o'clock, a missile was launched towards Kuwait, but it fell in Khor Abdullah.

I did not go to the public session of the parliament to do war work. Mr. Abdullah Nouri [Chairman of the Parliament's Program and Budget Commission] came. He had some material about the budget and other issues. In the evening, the members of Islamic associations came. I talked to them about the reforms in the offices.

I participated in the meeting of the Supreme War Support Council. The discussion was about the general call for war. The IRGC reported on the possibility of training, providing and deploying 1,500 battalions in a period of 15 months; accepted But there was a discussion about whether to start Basij with the Imam's order or with the propaganda and statements of the officials? My opinion is the first, and Ayatollah Khamenei doubts the expediency of issuing the Imam's ruling, which is the last blow. It was decided to ask the imam himself. For the introduction of advertisements, during the visit of the Secretary General of the United Nations in Iran, I did an interview with the radio and television. I went home at night.