Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – March 7, 1995

The directors of the Imam Relief Committee came and gave a work report. They proposed to strengthen the facilities to return the villagers. They are extremely satisfied with the many contributions of the government. Three million people are covered. I also spoke encouragingly.

Mr. [Ali] Zadsar, the representative of Kohnuj, came. With an oath and insistence, he spoke of his loyalty and obedience and asked for help for the deprived villages of Kahnuj.

Mr. [Hossein] Shariatmadari, director of Keihan [Institute], came. In his own words, he presented the levels of faith, belief and sincerity in the policies of me and the government, and in order to justify some of the opponents of the cosmos, he gave explanations that they want to disarm the opponents with the technique of indirect propaganda, and finally he asked for help for the problems of the cosmos. I gave notices.

Mr. [Behrouz] Bushehri, [CEO of Qeshm Azad Region] and [Syed Hassan] Sadat came. They explained the work done in Qeshm and the future plans and asked the ministers for better cooperation. We talked about smuggling. We decided to prevent the entry and exit of smuggled goods to and from the island.

Mr. Basharti, the Minister of the Interior, came. He explained about the smuggling of goods and asked us not to entrust the fight against smuggling to others. At the same time, he expressed his obedience to whatever decision I make and resorted to smuggling goods to strengthen the fighting forces and emphasized the continuity of policies.

I did the work in the evening. The Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution had a meeting at night. We had an unfinished discussion about leaving the educational programs of the universities to themselves.