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Memoirs of Sabah Vatankhah
When the hover craft engine started, there was a lot of noise and dust in the air. It got into the air and then landed on the water of Persian Gulf. After a few minutes, I told one of the military forces who was also the crew and was sitting near us: “brother, can we go out?” I want to see the Persian Gulf close by.” The hover craft crew accepted. He opened the door for me.SABAH (67)
Memoirs of Sabah Vatankhah
I was standing at the entrance of our base in Zolfaghari with Ashraf. Dr. Mostafavi came and said that he wants to go to Sarbandar for a task. He said that if we like, we can accompany him. We decided to go. We had heard that Zahra Hosseini has gone to her family in Sarbandar. We could visit auntie Maryam and Amoo Hejab as well as Zahra Hosseini. I had no access to my ...SABAH (66)
Memoirs of Sabah Vatankhah
Dr. Mostafavi took two gauzes and placed them on the wound and was trying to insert it inside the wound with bayonet. He wanted to stop the bleeding. The hostage who was sitting and leaning to the trench wall, dragged himself to the rear and started saying: Khomeini the intruder. Dr. Mostafavi ignored his fear and inserted the bayonet into the wound slowly. The Iraqi started shouting.SABAH (65)
Memoirs of Sabah Vatankhah
After construction of bridge on Bahman-Shir and our progress on the opposite bank of the river, we were more settled in the area. The other side of the river was also considered as Zolfaghari front. Army forces with the help of Jahad Fars members had constructed a few lines of dykes distancing three four meters from each other to fight with Iraqis. These dykes were located at the end of Zolfaghari palm gardens parallel to Khezre Nabi road.SABAH (64)
Memoirs of Sabah Vatankhah
While going towards Zolfaghari, we had to pass a creek full of mud. One day, when we were going there, I jumped over that creek using a long stick. Elaheh and Ashraf also followed me. Among us, only Belgheys was a bit fat and calm and her movements were slow. When she saw the wideness of the creek, she placed her G3 in the creek and used it as a cane and jumped.SABAH (63)
Memoirs of Sabah Vatankhah
Since the date that the aid team had been stationed in Karevansara hotel, it had lost its actual effectiveness and dynamic. Due to the large distance between the hotel and the front lines, no injured was brought there to be attended. The team members were also very confused and cluttered. Before that, meaning before the fall of Khorramshahr we were all active and we did not waste even one second of our times.SABAH (61)
Memoirs of Sabah Vatankhah
In the twilight of the morning, I saw Dr. Saadat coming towards me with a four liters water container. He had brought breakfast for us. When he got near, he said: “Hi, how are you? I am sure you have not slept the whole night!” I said: “Hi, yes I could not sleep at all. What happened? Why you did not return last night?” he said: “It took long to get items from Red Crescent, and I could not find a car to get here.”SABAH (60)
Memoirs of Sabah Vatankhah
The army commander accepted. Four five people went back to bring water, food and ammunition. It was about one hour that they had left. The clashes still continued. Some of the forces announced that since we are running out of ammunition, do not shoot automatically. We were supposed to shoot separately and with some time distances from each other. After around two hours of resistance, we noticed that the Iraqi bullets are coming from the right side and not from opposite.SABAH (59)
Memoirs of Sabah Vatankhah
We were in dire desert. There were no bushes and no greenery around. Only a palm grove was seen a bit forward the location of the Iraqis. The exchange of fire was massive. The Iraqis had really come to siege Abadan. Most of the soldiers were injured from direct shot of Iraqi bullets. One of them had been hit in shoulder. He was very restless. The bullet had entered the body and I could not do anything specific for him.SABAH (58)
Memoirs of Sabah Vatankhah
On the ninth day of second month of autumn, after saying morning prayers, we were sitting in a hall located on the ground floor of the hotel allocated to female team members when we heard a humming voice among Islamic Fadaiyan team members. A few seconds later, Abbas Alivand came towards us terrified and told us: “The Iraqis have come inside Abadan!” It was as if a bucket of ice poured on my head....
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