Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – July 11, 1988

I was at home until around noon. I packed the suitcase to travel to the front. I dealt with the work of the war and parliament over the phone. Mr. [Muhammad Ali] Ansari came from the Imam's house and said something about the perception of people's references to the house. Mr. Alireza Afshar came. He had suggestions for personnel matters and the deployment of combat forces and about the National Guard. Haj Ahmed Agha came. We discussed the future of the war. Dr. Seyed Hasan [Firouzabadi] military adviser to the Prime Minister] came. He made suggestions about the organization of the General Staff, which I was supposed to review.

We left for Mehrabad airport at around 12 noon. Mahdi also came with me. We flew at 12:30 and landed at Shiraz Air Base around 1:30. We had lunch on the plane. The commanders of the base were waiting and I just said hello and we drove to Ahvaz. At five o'clock in the afternoon, we prayed by the river in Kevin village. I talked to two or three native people. People were satisfied with their living conditions.

In the Mamsani region, the valleys are densely populated and water engines are seen everywhere, working for the summer fields. We arrived in Ahvaz at eleven o'clock at night. Prayer and dinner were done.

Mr. Shamkhani informed that the evacuation of Halabja will be completed tonight and the General Staff will announce tomorrow; He said the content of the announcement. They informed from the Majlis office that the enemy is gathering forces in the Haj Imran area and the army is retreating from the heights in Shiler. I had a slight sore throat for which I took some [antibiotic] ​​capsules today.