Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – December 18, 1993

Dr. [Syed Mohammad Reza] Hashemi [Golpaigani, Minister of Culture and Higher Education] came. We went to Shahid Beheshti University on the occasion of Azar 27, [the day of university and district unity]. In the university president's office, Mr. [Hadi] Nadimi, [Hossein] Namazi, [Mohammad Nasser] Sharaf [Jahrami] and Rafiei reported and raised the needs. In all dimensions, the growth in the university has quadrupled during the first plan period, and I emphasized that these developments should be told more to the people and not to magnify the deficiencies in order to get facilities.

Then I went to the large hall in the group of students, professors, managers and students. Mr. [Ali Asghar] Baghani, [representative of the jurist at Shahid Beheshti University], welcomed me and I spoke about the unity of the domain and the university and answered some of the questions. Most of the audience were inclined to clap their hands to express their feelings and chanted Hezbollah slogans with the guidance of others.

I came to my office. Mr. Nurbakhsh came and gave remarks about economic issues. In the evening, the Supreme Council of National Security had a meeting. Negotiations and decisions were made regarding the extension of the deadline for payment of fines for military absentees and the cancellation of the ban on the travel of teenagers abroad, and the policy of dealing with the Iraqi government and the issues of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the United Arab Emirates. I stayed in my office at night. I spoke modestly on the phone. He is undergoing treatment.