Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – March 10, 1984

I had some work to do in the camp. Consultations were held with Dr. Rouhani, Colonel Mousavi Qavidel and Rahim Safavi about the war. We went to Najaf camp around noon. I asked for the casualty statistics, they brought them. It turned out that we had about 1,800 martyrs, about 5,000 missing and about 15,000 wounded, and 90% of the wounded were superficial and were discharged, and most of them were Basij and Sepahi. The army has a small number of casualties because they were not in action. Among the commanders of the army, Mr. Taghig also came. They discussed about Darbandikhan or Dobkan dam operations and decided to study the latter.

It was reported that the enemy used a chemical bomb on the island, but there was no major damage. We sent the naval commander to Hor to activate the hovercrafts. Colonel Jalali, the commander of Havaniroz, also came. He was upset that his helicopters were damaged and worn out. They dropped one today. It was decided not to work anymore.

In the evening we went to Karbala camp. We arrived first in the evening. After prayer and dinner, the commanders' meeting was held for the next night's operations. The plan is of earth power. The commanders of the corps, who are under the command of the army, did not agree with the operation and spoke in opposition. The soldiers answered. Finally, they agreed to cooperate. At the end of the night, we arrived at Ahvaz airport and at twelve o'clock in the night we came to Tehran and slept in Majlis. Unfortunately, two brave commanders, Mr. Ebrahim Hemet and Akbar Zajei, were martyred.