Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – October 27, 1984

I used to study at home until nine o'clock in the morning. The Board of Directors of Sedavsima had a meeting. It was decided to prevent the broadcast of films that encourage anti-government activities and sabotage and covert work. Officials of the second TV network came and reported on the work. With the cooperation of universities and the Ministry of Education, we decided to broadcast lessons on Channel 2, and after a while, the exams will be conducted. We were the guests of Mr. Daagu for lunch.

In the evening, Mrs. Dr. Khajawi came and complained about the discrimination regarding the currency of her daughter - who is studying in America.

They brought the reports, I read them. The propaganda horns of our enemies have made noise about the killing of seven Iraqi prisoners in the POW camp in Gorgan. A few days ago, when the Red Cross agents visited [the camps], there was a fight between the Baathist prisoners and the Muslim prisoners, and several people were killed and injured, and this incident ended with the intervention of the guards. Mr. [Kamal] Kharazi [Chief of the War Propaganda Staff] consulted on the interview of the representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the explanation of the prisoner of war camp incident; I agreed.

At night, Mr. [Ali Akbar] Mohtashmi [Iranian Ambassador to Syria] came. He has been treated in Germany for a while; He put an artificial hand and operated on his ears twice and now he is relatively healthy. He will go to Syria tomorrow. They talked about the issues of war and Syria and informal negotiations with the special representative of Francois Mitterrand [President of France], who is scheduled to come to Syria, Lebanon, etc.