Banisadr appointed his close friend Reza Taghavi to head the presidential office, and Taghavi, who was 47 at the time, became the first head of the presidential office in Iranian history. He remained in this position for less than two years while Bani-Sadr was president, but when the parliament voted that Bani-Sadr was incompetent and dismissed him in Khordad 1360, Taqavi’s period of political and social responsibilities also ended. Taqavi had brought together people who were affiliated with the National Front, the People’s Mojahedin Organization, the Ranjbaran Party, and other groups and organizations opposed to the revolution. After Bani-Sadr’s dismissal, the Islamic Republic of Iran reviewed Taqavi’s political and executive record in a report titled “Who is the Chief of Staff of the President?” and quoted Khomeini as the headline:
I told the gentleman that some of the people gathered around you are wolves who are destroying you, but he did not listen…On Farvardin 31, 1359, President Bani-Sadr wrote: “It is up to the Revolutionary Council to show its determination and implement its decision without hesitation or delay. Today, order is the condition for the continuation of the revolution and even our national life, and it must be established with a revolutionary and determined spirit. Muslim students must consider it their duty to implement the decision of the Revolutionary Council, which was adopted in the presence of the Imam, and not only not to take the lead in clashes, but also to prevent any clashes, so that if the parties do not close the headquarters of the groups within three days, the orderly procedure will be followed.”
