Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – September 28, 1986

We spent the whole day at the golf course in a room and discussed war matters and examining needs and plans. [Mr. Rafiq Dost and Zanganeh] the Ministers of the Revolutionary Guards and Jihad and [Mr. Hassan Firouzabadi] the Deputy Prime Minister for War Affairs who were summoned also came. The commanders of the 25th division came to Karbala. They explained the organization and necessary needs of their army. It lasted for two hours and in this way the general situation of the army divisions was clarified.

Delaying of war tools and machines due to the lack of parts was one of the important issues that the Minister of the Army Corps was obliged to try to provide the parts. Combat needs and supplies were also examined. These needs are huge and impose a lot of expenses. It was decided to equip two thousand compressors for Hor engineering.

In the evening, the commanders of the army's ground forces came, and in the presence of the commanders of the army corps, Mansoor's operational plan, which was prepared by the army, was examined. The IRGC commanders do not accept it easily and the main operational work is their responsibility. A commission was formed to further investigate the two sides.

Before sunset, we walked with Dr. Rouhani in the golf course for a few minutes. The weather was extremely hot. The days are really hard for the people of Ahvaz. At night, we had a meeting with the IRGC commanders to summarize the two-day negotiations; It was not bad.

I spoke on the phone with the Prime Minister and Ahmad Agha, who were having a meeting at Beit Imam, and the Prime Minister was asked to carry out matters related to the war.