Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – January 24, 1984

Some news agencies report the beginning of a broad Islamic movement in Morocco against King Hassan. Considering the Islamic movement of the Tunisian people, the spread of this Islamic wave in West and North Africa is interesting and promising. There have been hundreds of martyrs and Malek Hassan has accused Iran of participating in the popular movement of that country by presenting leaflets with Imam's picture on TV.

The election bill was on the agenda of the parliament. In the afternoon, the representatives of Zabul came and asked for my help to replace the governor and return the revolutionary committee to Mr. Hosseini. The representatives of East Azerbaijan also came and asked for help to speed up the appointment of the governor. I spoke with [Mr. Natiq Noori] the Minister of the Interior. They have considered someone, but they relied on Mr. [Muhammad Ali] Subhan Allahi. Mr. [Syed Mohammad Hasan] Nabawi, the representative of Bushehr, came and criticized the fisheries and said that the purchased nets are not useful for the fishermen and the fishing boats are not well maintained.

One of the stenographers of the parliament came and asked for help to transfer to the Zainabiyah Institute - which is a small orphanage - and to keep the house that was seized after the revolution in their hands. Many houses of fugitives and Taghut leaders have been captured in this way.

In the evening, the representatives of passenger cooperatives came and brought three million Rials to the front and asked for help to solve administrative problems. They were satisfied that the revolution took the control over the passenger transport system from the capitalists and gave it to the drivers. The leaders of the Islamic community of academics came and complained about the failures of the academic jihad and the burden of the universities' program - which was approved by the Cultural Revolution Headquarters; Many have this objection. Our ambassador in Syria came in the first night [Mr. Ali Akbar Mohtashmi]; He gave a report on the situation in Lebanon and Syria and was not satisfied with Seyyed [Mohammed Hossein] Fazlullah and Sheikh Mehdi Shamsuddin because of their differences, and he said that the situation of the IRGC [in Lebanon] was messed up with the departure of Mr. Kanani.