Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – July 16, 1984

After prayer, I worked in my office until eight o'clock in the morning. In the morning and in the evening, we had a meeting of experts. There is no important matter in the order. Before the order, most of the speakers complained about the lack of attention to the dignity of the experts and wanted to enter into the issue of the main duties - which is to identify the competent people for leadership and the readiness to appoint the leader after the imam. Finally, in the evening, a single article was approved to appoint a commission composed of 15 people to examine the competent people for the leadership [substitute].

In the evening, Mr. [Mohammed Sadiq] Haeri Shirazi came to my office. He consulted about the Shiraz elections and his resignation from Shiraz Friday Imamate, in order to engage in intellectual work. Mr. Taheri Shamsi also emphasized the need to prepare for the introduction of the leader after the Imam.

I was the guest of Mr. [Mohammed Taqi] Philosopher for dinner. They had also invited some preachers. Most of the talks were about the situation of the clergy after the revolution. They wanted to say that a part of the people were beaten, and I relied more on the loyalty of the majority of the people and took a guess from the many votes of the clerics in the elections. [Preachers] lamented the solitude of mosques when I said that religious centers that correspond to the spirit of the masses are crowded; Like Friday prayers and al-Sadiq community and.... I came home late. The family of "Hossein Amin" came and asked for help to free him from prison. Arrested for no reason.