Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – September 15, 1985

I went to the assembly early in the morning. It was not an important issue in the reports. After 38 days of vacation, the parliament had a public session. A few orders were made. The important issue of the parliament and the representatives is the issue of the future cabinet. The fire is under the ashes and there is a queue in the parliament. Referrals to me are more about this. In the evening Mr. [Asadullah] Badamchian came and talked about this. It is claimed that the cabinet can be changed easily. Many officials of the students' Islamic associations and Sisters' Basij unit came and gave a report. I also spoke to them in detail. Mr. Tabibian and Mr. Umid came and told about an initiative they had made in making light cement for the building and asked for help to make it come to fruition.

Colonel Vahidi came and asked for help to remove the obstacles in the construction of logistics personnel buildings. The municipality finds problems in their work. They have bought five hundred thousand meters of land in the west of Tehran for their own housing cooperative.

Ayatollah Khamenei said on the phone that they plan to attend a private meeting with the representatives on Tuesday to discuss the future cabinet, but his opinion was that it would be better for him to speak before the discussions. It was decided to consult more. Today, Iraq has hit Piranshahr in Kurdistan with a cannon and the ground force has hit the Iraqi city of Diyana. There is a risk of renewed urban warfare. Usually, when the Iraqi army fails in the front, it starts to attack the cities. I came home at night.