Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – February 12, 1986

Due to lack of sleep in the last two nights, I slept well. When I woke up in the morning, I saw that Dr. Rouhani had returned from the area. He brought a complete report on the state of forces, needs and plans. The problem of the bridge over Arvandrud has not been solved yet and it is difficult to transport heavy equipment. We asked the frontline how it was. It turned out that last night they acted in one of the two axes and they went well. They are dissatisfied with the commanders of the eight armies of Najaf and Imam Hussein (a.s.) who did not act.

I read the reports on the telexes completely. The world still does not believe in the success of the operation; Although it is known to some extent. Iraq is making a lot of propaganda use of taking back Umm Rasas Island. It turned out that the ground force could not do anything. I told them to invite the members of the headquarters to a meeting to decide on the ground force and the combination of facilities.

We asked the Air Force and Air Force to go to the support of the fighters attacked by enemy bases. Pathak is intense. They did very well, we encouraged them both. They shot down eight enemy planes today. Unfortunately, in the evening, the enemy hit the spore site and it was shut down.

In the evening, they came from the two Khatam bases one and two and it turned out that we have made progress on the FAW front today and the ground force announced the closure of operations in its area. It was decided to hand over his artillery to Khatam Ik and take action to attack the PMP bridge and take an army to Faw and prepare for action in the west.

The Libyan delegation came to Ahvaz and met [Mohsen] Rafiq Dost. He had suggestions to support oil prices. I watched TV at night. The people's demonstration has been very magnificent. I talked to Mr. President, Prime Minister, Mr. Ahmad Agha and Mr. Velayati by phone.