Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – December 3, 1983

I was at home all day. Reading, writing and resting filled my time. Before noon, Haj Ahmed Agha came and said about the reaction of my statements in yesterday's Friday prayer, regarding the use of force to maintain the value of oil, in case of the continuation of the reactionary and colonialist conspiracy to lower the price of oil, that American and Israeli radios relied on it. Various matters were also discussed.

One of the Iraqi refugees came to Iran, who was a professor at the Baghdad Agricultural College, and spoke about the weakness of the Supreme Council of the [Islamic] Revolution of Iraq and the absence of representatives of all Islamic branches in it, and described the internal situation in Iraq as inflamed. He talked about the high cost and desertion of soldiers, police pressure, people's fear, people's attention to Iran, and their joy of Iran's victories. In the evening, Mr. President called me to go to the meeting of the Economic Council and the meeting with the military. I apologize for the transportation problem. We postponed the second meeting to tomorrow night. In the evening, security officials of Beit Imam came and consulted about the quality of control of cars and people and traffic. I advised them to refrain as much as possible from doing things that delay and upset people; Except in necessary cases.