A part of the memoirs of Sheikh Mohammad Niazi, the former judge of the Supreme Court, about the field trials of the last years of the war, headed by Sheikh Ali Razini and his religious ruler.

... At that time, Mr. Rafsanjani was the deputy commander-in-chief of the armed forces. He ordered the release of the division commander, which Mr. Razini also informed us, and we did so. Sometimes, it is not necessary to deal with the fact that the party must be prosecuted. Commanding at this level is a very heavy summons for him, let alone being arrested. Of course, summoning and summoning commanders has a special instruction that the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces issues and they are pursued with the permission of the Commander-in-Chief. When I was the prosecutor of Tehran, we had cases where we pursued the highest military commander. For example, we pursued the Commander-in-Chief of the IRGC or the Commander-in-Chief of the Army with the permission of the Commander-in-Chief, but the Commander-in-Chief said that this is enough until this point. In other words, this attitude has done its job.

In the last months of the war, we had a retreat in several areas, and since the work was getting lost, the Imam ordered the formation of special operations so that those who fell short would be dealt with in a special and harsh manner. On April 9, our fighters withdrew from the Faw area. At that time, I was the head of the Khuzestan Judicial Organization. No one dared to pursue.

In any case, I wrote a letter to the late Ardebili, the president and the head of the Judicial Organization of the Armed Forces, that the withdrawal of Faw is a very important issue and that we are ready to deal with this case. Of course, I knew that during the war, such issues might not have been very appropriate, but we announced our readiness because there were issues that might have been missed.

But in Kermanshah, when I was in the Revolutionary Court of the Army, I do not think of a case in which the Hypocrites had any connection with an army or helped it. However, when the hypocrites advanced to the Chahar Zir Gorge in Operation Eternal Light, the question was raised as to why the hypocrites were able to advance so far and that the units stationed in the region, including the IRGC and the army, should be held accountable.

The Imam had decreed that any military force that violates and retreats, and this retreat leads to the defeat of the Islamic front, is sentenced to death. On the occasion of this ruling, the Imam appointed Mr. Razini as the head of the Special Military Court. Mr. Razini also appointed me as the head of the Special Military Court of Khuzestan.

Mohammad Niazi Kelardasht

In times of war, the commanders themselves have the authority to arrest and deal with anyone who commits a military offense at the front, and even to set up a field court and shoot them. At the end of the war, the Imam commissioned Mr. Razini to establish a special court to act decisively against such incidents. For example, the operation was in Fakeh and we would go to Dezful and hold the court there. I remember that a battalion of Revolutionary Guards had rebelled against the Basij in a difficult operation, and we tried them.

It was very difficult to try them, on the one hand, they were popular forces and the Basij, and on the other hand, they could not be released. Because in war and operations, if everyone is supposed to do what he wants. Even if they are Basij and popular people, they must abide by the regulations there. We are in the golf barracks where 

After this ruling, the Imam was the main burden in Khuzestan on your shoulders.

Yes, most of the units operating were on the southern front. We had a series of retreats in the west, which led to the capture of a number of our forces. Iraq handed these prisoners over to the hypocrites. They also worked on them and were able to recruit them. Some of them participated in Operation Eternal Light with the promise of the hypocrites.
How long were you at the front?

When the resolution was passed, I was there until the resolution was adopted in 1988. I did not have the courage to stay at the front, so I was transferred to the military court in Qom and was there for a short time. After the demise of the Imam and the beginning of His Holiness's leadership, the Intelligence Protection Organization of the Army in Tehran needed a judicial force with special powers for special tasks. They asked me to go there, and I accepted because of the necessity of my work, and I worked as the deputy military prosecutor of Tehran.

Who was the Military Prosecutor of Tehran?
Mr. Shafi'i was the military prosecutor in Tehran, and I became his deputy so that I could carry out it. After a short period of time, I became the Military Prosecutor of Tehran Province, from 1989 to the end of 1998, the Labor Prosecutor of the Military Intelligence Protection Organization.