Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – September 3, 1988

I arrived at the parliament at nine o'clock in the morning. I saw the reports. [Brigadier Jalali] Minister of Defense came and expressed concern about the merger of the Ministry of Defense and the Revolutionary Guards. He said he will not sign the government's bill. His non-signature will create a problem due to the constitution. [Brigadier General Hosni Saadi, Brigadier General Sattari and Admiral Malekzadegan] the commanders of the three army forces came. They were talked about the quality of the integration, with the coordination of the army and the IRGC.

The secretary of the management council of the seminary of Qom came. He explained part of the work of the council and asked the post graduates to solve the problem of the duty system. Mr. Sarfarazi came. He complained about the strictness of [Syed Mahdi] Imam Jamarani [head of the endowment organization] regarding the endowments of Imamzadeh Daoud and gave explanations about the work there. We were supposed to visit.

Mr. [Habibullah] Askar Avaladi came. He gave a report on the work of the relief committee and asked about the handover of the confiscated property of Dr. Rafiei in Rafsanjan, which is the property of the committee and is said to be in the hands of Mr. Fallah and Hashemian. They also talked about the Ministry of Commerce and the implementation of Imam's recent opinion. He does not agree with the ministry of Mr. [Syed Majid] Hedayatzadeh, which is accepted by the president.

The night of the meeting of the heads of forces was at the Prime Minister's office; There was no important issue in the order. The Geneva negotiations were discussed and the positions of our delegation in Geneva were confirmed. It is believed that Saddam is bargaining in order to get points. Neither renewing the war is in his interest, nor prolonging the negotiations. If he is disappointed, he will submit to Resolution 598. I came home late.