Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – December 10, 1994

We did not have gas last night and the heater was off. We kept part of the house warm with dual fan coils - cold and hot. I reached my office at eight in the morning. At 9 o'clock, I went to Vahdat Hall for the start of Book Week. Mr. [Ahmed] Masjid Jame'i, [Deputy Minister of Guidance] reported. Mr. [Mustafa] Mirslim, [Minister of Irrigation] said welcome and I spoke briefly about the importance of books and study.

At eleven o'clock, I went to Mr. Khamenei's office to meet the members of the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution on the occasion of the council's anniversary. Before the meeting, I had short private talks with Ayatollah Khamenei. They are worried about the new responsibility of authority that has recently been advertised for them in the stands. In the meeting, I gave a short speech and they also had encouraging words. Some people expected me to mention their authority in my talks, but I didn't know that they would be satisfied and I didn't.

Due to the coldness of the house, Efat and Yaser had come to my office for lunch. In the evening, managers, professors and graduates of the first year of the university came to witness. With the report of Dr. [Ahmed Ali] Noorbala, [President of Shahid University] and Mr. [Mohammad Hassan] Rahimian, [President of Shahid Foundation] and my encouraging words, I passed on the importance of Shahid University and higher education for the children of martyrs and martyrs, and I gave the first place awards.

At night, the Supreme Council of National Security had a meeting. Akhwa Muhammad brought the message of the Sultan of Morocco that was sent by their ambassador. He requested that I participate in the conference of Islamic leaders in Morocco, even if only for one meeting. I didn't see it.

Discussions and decisions were made about the recent harshness of the Americans in their statements and the good outcome of the trial of Bakhtiar's murderers in France, the extreme concessions of the Basijians of the Ashura battalions, and the solution to the problem of the presence of many foreigners in the city of Qom. At night, I stayed in my office due to the coldness of the house with the gas cut off. Chastity and Yasser were also there.