Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – July 28, 1988

First of all, Mr. Sanjaghi and Mr. [Noorali] Shushtri, the commander of the Najaf base, informed that since last night, the hypocrites have been attacked from four axes, from the Chahar-Zobar Gorge, the Hassanabad Pass, and the Islamabad Three-way, and inside the city of Islamabad, and we have advanced in all axes, and the progress continues, and Mr. [Noorali] Shoshtri hopes that their work will be completed today, and he guesses that there are about four thousand people in the area. If it goes well, they will be dealt an irreparable blow.

The prime minister spoke on the phone about the interference of the work of Mr. [Ahmad [Vahidi], the military governor of Kermanshah, with the governor's office and sought a solution. Mr. Syros [Nasseri], Iran's ambassador to the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, said on the phone from Tehran that they have resolved Iraq's insistence on direct negotiations in the Security Council in such a way that we have left such cases to the arbitration of Mr. Xavier Perez Decoyar [Secretary General of the United Nations].

After making sure that the joint attack of the hypocrites and Iraq was defeated and the situation stabilized, we left for Hamedan at seven o'clock. At half past ten, we arrived at Nogeh base. I talked with the base commanders and pilots. They were very satisfied with the operation against the hypocrites. They eagerly go to hit and bombard them; They have found a strange grudge against them.

We heard from the West. It turned out that the conflict on the Islamabad-Bachtran road is near the end and the hypocrites are being crushed. I thanked the pilots. In the past day, Iraq has bombed the base and destroyed the radar. They said it uses cluster bombs that explode in space and drop about 600 small bombs on the ground that explode with timed fuses six hours later. They have made interesting attempts to neutralize them. A sample of a small bomb exploded with an arrow was given to Mehdi. It also has an umbrella.

I asked the pilots and officers there what they thought about the ceasefire. They gave an interesting answer and said that we, Jan Barkaf, are in the service of the system, the Imam and the country; We obey whatever they see fit. We came to Tehran by plane and arrived around noon. We had a lot of discussions about current issues, especially those related to the ceasefire.

They reported from the front that the road work has been completed and the troops are going to the city of Islamabad and the surrounding forests to pursue the fleeing hypocrites. They say they heard it in their listening

It is possible that they insult Rajavi and Saddam for sending them to the slaughterhouse. In the evening, Brigadier General Jamali came and brought the results of negotiations with the UN technical delegation for the ceasefire preparations. Read the agreements. I made some corrections. He wanted them to mention the army's ground forces in the advertisements of Morsad operation. I said that it should be said to the extent that they participated. Havaniroz and Air Force have acted independently.

The oil minister came. He consulted on defense purchases and emphasized on resolving issues with the West for their use in the implementation of the resolution and the committee to determine the aggressor. Mr. [Mohammed Javad [Larijani and] Siros] Naseri came to consult on the matters of negotiations and the Security Council and the implementation of the clauses of the resolution and the quality of dealing with America, England and Russia. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has set up a committee in the ministry to guide the work.

In the evening, they reported from the region that they have cleared Islamabad and are moving towards Karand, and that the casualties of the hypocrites are 4,000 people and they have taken more than 1,000 cars with them.

I negotiated with Ayatollah Khamenei, who is in Khuzestan, and Mr. Prime Minister, about war matters. Mr. [Mohammed Ali [Nazaran], Secretary of the Supreme Defense Council and the person in charge of the POW Commission], gave a report on the negotiation of the Red Cross delegation that came for the preparations for the exchange of prisoners.