Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – June 5, 1988

I was at home. In the news of the media, there is silence about the effects of the bombing of Saddam's residence. There may be no real damage and it may have a serious impact. It is not documented that they have not shown Saddam until now, even though it is appropriate to show him in such a situation, and the news that they have given [Egyptian President Hosni [Mubarak]] about his presence in the meeting or on the phone is not documented.

Mr. Rahim Safavi, [Ahmed [Vahidi and] Mohammad] Faruzandeh came. The future fronts and operations, the plans for the defense of Majnoon Island, the composition of the General Staff, the specific mission of Mohsen Rezaei, and the war strategy were discussed; It was useful.

Asr Timsar Hosni Saadi [Army Ground Force Commander] came. He complained about the pressure of Timsar Shahbazi to impose a few people wanted by the headquarters in the force, which was done following the policy of making the ground force younger and more academic, which was approved by me and Mr. President; I told them to be patient so that we can deal with it.

We went to Imam's pilgrimage together with other military leaders. We talked about the current situation. They are fine. Timsar Shahbazi came near the evening. He supported the merger of the army and the IRGC, but he believes that skepticism should be removed with delicacy. He is dissatisfied with the [commander] of the ground forces and intends to change. I said not to rush for now, maybe there will be an understanding. He asked for rank for a group of army commanders.

At night, they brought me and Mahdi dinner from the Imam's office. I warned Dr. Rouhani over the phone about the possibility of Iraq's retaliatory attack on the Majlis or other sensitive places to take defense seriously.