Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – September 23, 1990

Mr. Hafez Assad, [President of Syria] and his companions went to Khorasan for pilgrimage. First of all, we went to the Imam Sadiq (AS) Conservatory on Ray Street with [Mr. Mohammad Ali Najafi], the Minister of Education. I rang the school bell for the start of the academic year 1369-1370 and spoke to the students. I visited the workshops; It is a large conservatory. The Austrians made it fifty years ago.

From there, we went to Meraj Middle School for girls located on Sohravardi street. I visited three classes and talked with the teachers; The visit was intrusive. They were happy. the people

They gathered together and expressed warm feelings. We returned to my office. I did the work until noon.

I spoke with Mr. [Mohammed] Emami [Kashani, a member of the Guardian Council] about the election [of the Assembly] of experts. Twenty of the candidates who protested [how to qualify] have not participated in the elections and the problem has been fixed.

In the evening, I went to Ayatollah Khamenei's office. We discussed the elections of the Assembly of Experts, negotiations with the Syrians and other issues. Hafez Asad returned from Mashhad and came to see him. I welcomed They negotiated for an hour. They went to the accommodation and I went back to my office.

At seven o'clock in the afternoon, I went to Saad Abad and until half past ten o'clock at night, we had private negotiations about the possibility of Saddam's fall, the possibility of the disintegration of Iraq, the possibility of the American government being effective in Iraq and the ways to deal with each of the possibilities, the alternative Iraqi government and the quality of taking the war losses for us, and we negotiated and made a decision regarding [James Baker], the US Secretary of State's negotiations with the Syrians. It was decided to add one day of stay in Iran for necessary discussions. We had dinner and I came home. Mehdi and Fereshte were at home.