Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – October 26, 1983

Mr. [Syed Ahmad] Zerhani [Dezful representative] called from Dezful and requested to send tents and construction materials and financial aid to the people. The issue of the explosion of the headquarters of the American command in Beirut is still a global issue. Early in the morning, I went to Shahid Labafinejad Hospital to take pictures of the kidney and bladder. My kidney had a stone not long ago; They said it was healthy. Then I greeted the war wounded and spinal cord amputees. It took two hours. I sent fruit to all the patients in the hospital. I came home Efat, who had gone to Firuzgar Hospital to have his leg bandaged, returned. I studied and rested at home until the evening.

At the beginning of the night, they informed that Iraq fired two missiles at Behbahan and two missiles at Suleiman Mosque this evening. Little by little, the news came that the missiles of Suleiman Mosque did not hit a sensitive place and killed only one person, but in Behbahan, the missiles hit a middle school and another neighborhood, and more than 95 people were martyred and 400 people were injured.

At night, we were guests of Ahmad Agha with Mr. [Ayatollah] Khamenei and [Mousavi] Ardabili; We asked, the imam also came. In the Imam's service, we discussed about hitting the residential areas of Iraq; They did not accept. They said it has religious and political problems. With the situation that Iraq has taken, it is difficult to continue the war without hitting its cities. Regarding the acceptance of the ceasefire in the Persian Gulf, as they say, the United Nations wants to issue a resolution; It was discussed. We all thought that it is better to accept. We are not sure if the imam will accept it. We decided to discuss it. Mr. [Syed Mohammad] Kiavash called from Ahvaz not to take Behbahan's wounded there; Because they don't have room. I said that three C-130 planes have gone to transport [the injured] to other places, but he cannot sit in Behbahan; They are sitting in Omidiya.