Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – December 18, 1984

I worked in my office until eight in the morning. We did not have an important report. In the public meeting, the tax bill was discussed. Because the bill is important and detailed and many supporters and opponents have registered, it took all the time and we extended the time again to continue the discussion.

In the afternoon, Mr. Sabri Hamedani came. Previously, he was the representative of Mr. Ayatollah Boroujerdi in Türkiye. Their son was arrested in Spain on the false charge of participating in an Iranian terrorist gang; He wanted help to extract him. Several young Iranians have been arrested there for some time on this charge.

In the evening, I had a meeting with the Prisoners' Guardianship Council and the Support Association for Prisoners' Families. They reported that we have about eighty thousand prisoners. They complained about lack of space and other deficiencies. Suggestions were made to praise their status and work; Including the construction of the prison, it was done by the labor of the prisoners themselves. Then I had a meeting with the central council of the party [Islamic Republic] of Isfahan, where they told about the isolation of the party in Isfahan and the seizure of positions and positions by Mr. Taheri's supporters who are against the party. I told them to make friends with them to make up for it again.

In the evening, the first meeting of the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution was held in the President's office. Ayatollah Khamenei was elected as the head of [Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution]. It was decided that the council's scope of work should be in policy making and approving programs and not to interfere in executive matters.