Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – May 11, 1988

I woke up at five in the morning. After the prayer, I took a bath and wrote the memories of yesterday and got the news from the [BBC [English and] Voice of America] radio.

We had a meeting with [Mr. Mohammad Baqer Zul Qadr, the commander of Ramadan camp. We examined the new status of Iraqi opposition Kurdish groups. After the Wal-Fajr 10 operation and Halabja disaster and Saddam's pressure on the liberated centers, they are in a new situation inside Iraq and they have formed a front without our approval and they cannot act in the past way. We determined the policy of dealing with them. [Mr. Mojtaba Zul-Nuri] The commander of the 83rd Brigade, Imam Jafar Sadiq (a.s.) also had some questions for the combat-propaganda forces.

We left for Dezful at nine in the morning. Mr. Shamkhani was in my car. On the way, we discussed the plan to integrate the army and the IRGC and the future of the war. Before Puldekhtar, we stopped by a river and I talked to the children of the nearby village. We had lunch near Dezful by the river. We reached Dezful at half past three in the afternoon. I rested for an hour.

The army commanders also came. We received reports about the defense lines from the camp and the units on the line. After the fall of Faw, they give more importance to defense. Morale is not good and they are unhappy that they have been forced to focus more on defense. They have an aggressive spirit. There is a high possibility of a single enemy in the island and Shalemcheh. They have a strong complaint about underestimating the system's war and weak facilities. We spent a lot of time in this discussion, and then we negotiated with Mr. Mohsen Rezaei, Shamkhani, and Agha Mohammadi about the plan to merge the army and the IRGC; We examined the problems and benefits and disadvantages. I slept at half past eleven.