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Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – August 8, 1982

In the evening I attended a meeting of the Party's Central Council and we had various discussions. At night there was an advisory meeting of the leaders at Mr Khamenei's office. We discussed the new ministers, the protests that MPs have against the government, and the country's judicial situation.

Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – August 7, 1982

At six in the morning we went to the shrine for the ceremony. The shrine had been cordoned off. A hatch opened into the shrine. We donned special garments with Mr [Vaez] Tabsi and Messrs [Atallah] Ashrafi [Isfahani], the Friday Imam of Bakhtaran, and [Abu al-Hasan] Shirazi, the Friday Imam of Mashhad, and [Seyed Jalaluddin] Taheri, the Friday Imam of Isfahan, entered the shrine.

Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – August 6, 1982

In the evening, I gave a speech to the vast crowd of pilgrims and the people of Mashhad. Many scholars and officials came and we met with them. Last night the prayer leaders came. That evening I got in touch with Tehran and spoke to the Foreign Minister about the trip to India, as we are still undecided. Regarding the matters the Turkish Foreign Minister had raised, they said he mainly wants to understand something. We slept there that night.

Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – August 5, 1982

We held an open session. The council plan, questions and the selection of members for the Inter-Parliamentary Conference were on the agenda. At midday two people arrived from Qom and requested facilities for the seminary, a printing press and other amenities. Mr Saeedi from the [Parliament's] Public Relations Department consulted me about publishing my pre-order speeches.

Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – August 4, 1982

Mr Mohsen Rezaei also complained about the opposition movements within the Revolutionary Guards. They want too much power and authority, and the mood in society and in Parliament is against it. In the afternoon we held a meeting of the Presiding Board, and in the evening I stayed in Parliament, spending the time reading and listening to the news.

Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – August 18, 1982

I did not attend the Majlis because of an appointment with the Imam. The session was chaired by Mr [Mohammad] Yazdi. A number of us from the delegation travelling to India went to visit the Imam and reported to him. The Imam was displeased with the harsh treatment of ministers by the Majlis deputies and ordered that unity be preserved and

Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – August 17, 1982

I attended the public session. I spoke about the results of the trip to India and the brutality of terrorists. The council plan is still on the agenda. At noon, I met with the Khuzestan training camp and members of the Liberation Movements and spoke to them. In the evening, I took part in two sessions of Hezbollah representatives' fringe meetings.

Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – August 16, 1982

After the dawn prayer, I wrote up yesterday's recollections and obtained the news from Iran: the Mujahedin-e Khalq kidnapped three guards, tortured them with indescribable cruelty, buried two of them alive after torture, and were soon caught and confessed to their crime. This incident had a strange effect…

Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – August 15, 1982

Today is the thirty-fifth anniversary of India's independence. We attended the ceremony with part of the delegation. There was some disagreement over whether I should attend in person, but in the end I decided to go. A magnificent ceremony was held in the large square beside the historic Redford Castle. Seat number one belonged to Mrs Gandhi.

مخبران دو روزنامه مهم بنگلور برای مصاحبه آمدند و درباره جنگ، غیرمتعهد‌ها و رفتار با مخالفان مخصوصاً بهایی‌ها و تروریست‌ها پرسیدند. یکی از آنها خبر دروغی نوشت که دانشجویان مسلمان طوماری با ده هزار امضا در خصوص اعتراض به ورود هیأت ایرانی به هند جمع

Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – August 14, 1982

Reporters from two leading Bangalore newspapers came for an interview and asked about the war, the Non-Aligned Movement and the treatment of opponents, especially Baha'is and terrorists. One of them wrote a false report claiming that Muslim students had collected a petition bearing ten thousand signatures protesting the entry of the Iranian delegation into India.

Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – August 13, 1982

We set off from the airport towards Bangalore and arrived there late at night. The Speaker of the State Assembly and others, together with a large crowd, had come to greet us, but the police, who were responsible for our security, would not allow me to speak to the people, so we went straight to the hall that the students had prepared. It was a splendid assembly, and I spoke for an hour.

Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – August 12, 1982

At the Taj Mahal, the inscriptions were verses from the Qur'an and the marble stones were adorned with agate and ruby. The English have taken many of them, and only a few remain. There aren't many remarkable artefacts, but they hype it up to attract tourists.

Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – August 11, 1982

At twelve o'clock I met Mrs Indira Gandhi and we negotiated for an hour and fifteen minutes. I explained the situation in Iran, the revolution and Iran's viewpoints, while she mostly spoke off the record and implicitly justified her trip to the United States.

Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – August 10, 1982

At the invitation of the Speaker of the Indian Lower House – which has 542 members – we set off for India today at the head of a 42-strong delegation from the parliament, the government, the army and the broadcaster. At half past nine in the morning, we flew from Tehran on a Shahin with a two-jet escort (due to the threat of war), one and a half hours late. The reason for the delay was a lack of coordination between the forces, the staff and the airport. It turned out the plane's captain was barred from leaving the country; what a mess!

Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – August 9, 1982

I stayed at home and made arrangements by telephone regarding the companions on the trip to India and other matters. Mr Mohammad Mohammadi Reyshahrī consulted on the start of Mr Saadiq Qotbzadeh's trial. The Imam said it should be concluded sooner rather than later. Someone reported that they had uncovered a network intending to spend money to secure Qotbzadeh's release; I introduced the individual to Mr Reyshahrī for him to follow up.

Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – August 3, 1982

We held a public session. The Councils Bill and two questions were on the agenda, with representatives speaking before business. In the afternoon, Mr [Muhyiddin] Fazl Herandi arrived and gave his report on his trip to Europe to guide the Islamic student associations, and he complained about our ambassador in Bonn, saying that Mr Moghaddam, the cleric of the Hamburg mosque, had forged a union with the students.

Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – August 2, 1982

Early this morning, the family of Martyr [Hossein] Elm al-Huda came to our house to visit the Imam. I made an appointment and they went to visit the Imam. Today the families of the martyrs are going to visit the Imam. Usually, every week a group of the martyrs' families come to visit the Imam.

Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – August 1, 1982

I got up early in the morning. Mohsen, accompanied by Mohsen Vafadar, was setting off for the front. Aftab saw him off and he passed under the Quran. May God protect the Islamic fighters.

Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – July 31, 1982

In the evening, Ahmad Agha came and spoke about the meeting of the members of the Supreme Judicial Council with the Imam and their request for renewed endorsement and to make amends for the Imam's previous remarks that had undermined them. Mr [Abd al-Karim] Mousavi Ardabili has also asked me to intercede with the Imam on this matter.

Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – July 30, 1982

Early this morning the Karbala headquarters reported that our forces, after destroying the enemy's forces, had returned to their previous position for fear of being encircled. I am not satisfied with this and it was decided that it would be discussed at the Supreme Defence Council. I led the Friday prayer. One sermon was on the economy and surplus value, and the other on the reasons for entering Iraqi territory.