Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – September 9, 1987

I stayed in the public session of the parliament until ten o'clock in the morning. I went to Ayatollah Khamenei's office to participate in the Supreme War Support Council. The plan of a general call was proposed by the order of the Imam. The prime minister said that due to the large financial and logistical burden, he needs to declare a state of emergency and delegate the powers of the government. Some people doubt the expediency of issuing the Imam's ruling, which is our last resort, for this stage, and some people doubt the power of the IRGC to train and employ so many forces that we finally did not get anywhere. It was decided to continue the discussion in another meeting. The meeting lasted until two o'clock in the afternoon. We had lunch and I came to my office.

Iraq has attacked more than ten of our economic centers and said it was in retaliation for our missile attack on Kuwait. It was ordered to retaliate. We are opposed to such operations in war, and we are content with countering with like. As soon as Iraq stops being evil, we also refrain from hitting the targets, but usually the periods of calm are short and in these cases the initiative is not in our hands.

In the evening, the board of the parliament had a meeting. Then Mr. [Ali Mohammad] Besharti [Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs] came. He consulted for a trip to China and asked for a message. Mr. [Mohammed Javad] Larijani came. He has returned from a trip to Russia. The Russians are ready to deliver the Sam-5 missile, but they are more serious about the oil pipeline and railway and other projects, and they have asked us to accept the Security Council [UN] resolution. They said to help them solve the problem of Afghanistan. It seems that they want to take advantage of our appearance of friendship with the West; As we also have such a program.

Mr. [Kamal] Kharazi [Chief of War Propaganda Staff] came. In the propaganda policy program, during the presence of [Mr. Xavier Perez Decoyar] the Secretary General of the United Nations, he was consulted in Iran.

We were the guests of Ahmad Agha on the night of the chiefs of power. Imam also participated. With the presence and approval of the Imam, we decided to tell the Secretary General of the United Nations that if the Security Council identifies Iraq as the initiator of the war, we are ready to establish a ceasefire until the time of the constitution. Public mobilization and other issues were also discussed. The president complained that the government did not fulfill his promise - which was approved by the heads of state - to sell an oil ship to Mozambique without a third bank guarantee; They were supposed to act. I went home late.