Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – October 11, 1986

At first, Mr. [Ebrahim] Sanjaghi informed, our operations have been carried out in the Kirkuk area. 300 people from our forces and 2000 from the Taliban forces [= Patriotic Union of Iraqi Kurdistan] have participated in this operation. First, the military forces destroyed the surrounding oil centers, and then they attacked several oil centers such as the pump house of the refinery, exploitation, tank farm, gas treatment, etc. Iraq's damage is usually high and after the weather cleared, our forces went back and dispersed in the area under the control of the Taliban.

We negotiated with the war propaganda camp and headquarters. It was decided to name the operation "Fateh One". Previously, it was supposed to be Karbala Chahar. We wanted it to have the aspect of Iraq's own internal operations. In the afternoon, I went to Imam Sadiq University. We visited the classes and the dormitory. I spoke in the hall for students. I returned home after lunch.

Mr. Ahmad came. He asked for an explanation about the conquest operation. We talked about the information protection of the IRGC who complained to the Imam and his hand was cut off from the main part of the IRGC. With the recent decision of the Imam, three IRGC forces have been exempted from observing the statute. It was discussed to speed up the war. Mr. Ali Shamkhani, Mohsen Rezaei, and [Mohammad Baqir] Zulqader gave a report on the Fatah 1 operation over the phone. In the evening, Eft and Mrs. Imam went to Mr. Khansari's house.