Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – September 21, 1986

I arrived at the parliament on time. I stayed at the public meeting until half past ten. There were many referrals from the representatives. I spoke to the Basij women who received Khomein's military training and the Imamiya students of Pakistan, who are guests of the Ministry of Guidance.

Mr. Rouhani and Mr. Hadi came to pursue the arms deal, to help free the American hostages in Lebanon, to strengthen relations with Saudi Arabia, and to try to save our prisoners in Saudi Arabia. Mr. Rouhani asked for permission for our warplanes to fly through Kuwait's airspace for operations in Iraq.

At noon Mr. Kabiri and Mr. Jalali came. They reported on the situation in Kurdistan and the problems there. The era of Mr. Ebrahimi came for this purpose. The members of the Assyrian Management Association came and asked for help to solve their problems in the field of schools, language learning and social events. Mr. [Zabihullah] Haj Bakhshi came from Lashkar Seyyed al-Shahda and asked for help to support Hezbollah.

Mr. Hedayat [Lotafian], the commander of Hamza camp, came. He told about the problems of Kurdistan's work and the lack of coordination of the management and the insufficient attention of the IRGC to the needs there and the solutions. We decided to pay more attention to Kurdistan.

At night, the military leaders were my guests in my office. I participated in the news program live from the office and talked about the war on the occasion of the war week. In the meeting of leaders, there was a discussion about bringing a doctor to the Imam to ensure more certainty, and also about getting permission from the Imam for a loan from the [central] bank to cover the government's budget deficit. I went home late.