According to the news agency Online newsThree days after the occupation of the American embassy in Tehran and two days after the resignation of engineer Mehdi Bazargan, the fate of the interim government was still uncertain. The Revolutionary Council had asked the cabinet members to continue their work until further notice, but it was not yet known whether the ministers of the resigned government would accept this request or not. Kayhan’s report on November 16, 1358, gives a picture of the last meeting of Bazargan cabinet members in the prime minister’s office; A meeting in which, amid cheers, laughter and the reunion of former and current ministers, the discussion about the continuation of the government’s work and the political developments of the day continued.
The government’s acceptance of responsibility for continuing temporary cooperation with the Revolutionary Council by the government yesterday [سه‌شنبه Û±Ûµ آبان Û±Û³ÛµÛ¸] It was announced, it has not yet shown its definitive result.
Today, most of the ministries were vacant. The ministers met this morning in the prime minister’s office to hold their last meeting. Ministers often made it to the Prime Minister’s Office on time. The faces were smiling, especially when the ministers were facing the reporters, this smile appeared more on the faces.
The interaction of a group of ministers with political reporters was meaningful, and apparently some of the ministers were happy to be out of the blind spots of controversies and to have time to rest.
However, according to the political reporters of Kahan, the government is still in conflict with the political issues of the day, and the speed of the meeting of all the ministers of the Bazargan cabinet from the beginning showed that the government officials are skeptical about the request of the Revolutionary Council to continue working until further notice.
At today’s cabinet meeting of the Bazargan government, the faces of some of the ministers who had already resigned from the cabinet were visible. Karim Sanjabi, the former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Mobasheri, the former Minister of Justice, and Sami, the Minister of Health, were among the ministers whose movements were very visible and drew attention.
According to the political reporters of Keihan, there was a lot of hot air about the prime ministership of the former and current ministers. The mood and greetings were warm, some of the ministers were thinking. Some people could also be heard laughing.
The ministers had come to meet again and that is why the discussions were heated. Two or three people were alone together and, so to speak, were reviewing the issues of the day.
The ministers first took pictures on the steps of the prime minister and then had a meeting.
What was going on in the ministries today?
The Ministries of Commerce, Industries, Mines, Agriculture and Housing were normal today, and the ministers of these ministries along with other officials participated in the meeting held at the Prime Minister’s Office and discussed with the members of the Revolutionary Council.
A press interview with the Minister of Finance was supposed to be held at the Ministry of Finance at 12 o’clock today, but this interview was postponed due to the resignation of the Prime Minister.
According to our reporters, the ministers of commerce, industries and mines did not attend their ministries since morning and went directly to the prime minister.
The Minister of Finance, who has postponed his press interview, will most likely have an interview with mass media after the aforementioned joint meeting. It is not yet known whether there will be a change in the posts of the mentioned ministries or not. Anyway, the end of today’s meeting will clarify these issues.
The Director General of Public Relations of the Ministry of Culture and Higher Education said in a call to Kayhan: “Since yesterday, the minister of this ministry has not appeared at his workplace, but according to the order of the Revolutionary Council to continue the work of the resigned cabinet of Engineer Bazargan, it is likely that Dr. Habibi will also return to his desk, and therefore we are waiting for a new order from the Revolutionary Council.
In the call that we made this morning with the public relations office of the Ministry of Education, this office announced: There has been no change in the Ministry of Education after the resignation of the Bazargan government. Mohammad Ali Rajaei, the trustee of the Ministry of Education, who took over the affairs of the Ministry after the resignation of Dr. Gholamhossein Shakohi, the first Minister of Education after the revolution. This morning, he came to work as usual, and at 9:00 a.m., while holding a meeting with his other cultural colleagues, he started doing the daily affairs of this ministry.
Keihan reporters reported in the prime minister’s office at noon today that the acceptance of the invitation of the Revolutionary Council by the government is still under consideration and the discussion in this regard continues.
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