Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – March 7, 1987

I was at home. I spent time resting and reading reports. Haj Ahmed Agha came. He took the situation of the front to inform the Imam. The current situation was discussed. He said that Mr. Azari Qomi came to the Imam and asked him for help to pay off the debts of Risalat newspaper, but the Imam did not give anything.

In the evening Mr. Rafiq Dost and Dr. Hadi came. They said the results of the trip to North Korea and that they bought five Scud-B missiles from Korea; it is good Mr. Sanjaghi informed that today there was no movement in the southern front and all the enemy's positions were defeated in Haj Imran. They said that there was a rumor of Saddam's escape in the parliament today.

The stunning victories of the fighters at the most critical point of the battle in Shalamcheh have caused the hope of Saddam's resistance power to decrease and with the failure of the US move to exchange weapons with hostages and creating doubts about the continuation of the US policy of supporting Saddam, the atmosphere has become more dusty.

The Iranian people's resistance against Saddam's inexcusable evils and war crimes of hitting cities and ships and the reckless use of chemical weapons has revealed the stability and strength of the Islamic system, and most importantly, the vast waves of Jihad volunteers for combat and the power to equip hundreds of new, fresh battalions and provide war needs with domestic products and engineering initiatives in the construction of the Baath and Khyber bridges - which are among the epics of military engineering - and the organization of the force. The Navy of the Revolutionary Guards makes the hope of victory look realistic with its innovative facilities.