9. Title: The Burnt Ship

On June 25th, 1986, the diver forces of “Jafar Tayyar”, “Ghassem ebn Al - Hossein” and “Hazrat Ali Asghar” battalions of “Ansar Al - Hossein 32” Division started the operation in Karbala 4 Operation Region in Arvand Rood [Arvand River] Region. Commander Martyr Haj Sattar Ebrahimi, the brave commander of Battalion 155 of “Hazrat Ali Asghar” goes to the battle region with his boat. And the operation faces with problem due to reveal of the operation among the Iraqi forces. The Iraqi forces had become actually prepared themselves for this operation. And it was not possible to continue the operation.
Haj Sattar along with a number of his men – who have remained alive – should go back; but it was impossible to go through Arvand River and returning to the regions in the control of Iranian forces. He commands that the remained forces go towards a burnt and run aground ship in the beach of the enemy. He had commanded his forces to hide in that burnt ship. “Samad” the younger brother of “Haj Sattar” is martyred when starting to move. The forces tell Haj Sattar: “Lets take “Samad” with us too.”
But Haj Sattar refuses to accept this suggestion. They enter into the ship. Haj Sattar uses the wireless radio just once. He informs the residence that he and a number of guys have been caught in the ship. In order not to be heard and tracked by the enemy, he prevents to make more radio communication with the base.
The Iraqi forces - that guess a number of Iranian forces are inside the ship – start to fire on the ship heavily. And later, they dispatch a patrol group of divers to the ship.
Haj Sattar uses his gun for killing the commander of the Iraqi patrol group. Haj Sattar killed him when the Iraqi forces were becoming close to the ship. And the rest of the forces in the patrol group ran away after that. Later, they increase fire on the ship. One of the “Maddahan” [Maddahan in the plural form of “Maddah” that in Farsi it means a person who reads religious poems and prays and praises Imams of Shiite and the Prophet of Islam in these poems] read parts of “Sabah” Pray and repeats the phrase of “Ya Sattar Al - Oyoub” [parts of this pray] from the loud speaker in order to make Haji Sattar understand that they were aware of their situation in the ship. He meant that they would start the rescue operation by repeating those phrases on the loud speaker and make them hear that.
On the second night, one group of professional divers from the forces of “Security Service” of “Ansar Al - Hossein” Division went into the water in order to rescue Haj Sattar and his men in the ship; but the waves were moving so fast and hard that they could not reach to the ship.
On the third night, a group of divers of Division 33 of “Al –Mahdi” succeeded to go into the ship and rescue Haj Sattar and his men in the ship. This group of divers transferred Haj Sattar and his forces in the ship to our beach that was under the control of Iranian forces.
One of the combatants asked Haj Sattar: “Why didn’t you bring your brother, Samad, with you?”
Haji had answered: “All combatants are my brothers. And I could not choose one of them.”
Two months later, Commander Martyr Haj Sattar Ebrahimi was martyred in Karbala 5 Operation Region in Shalamcheh. He received the prize of his jihad in the way of God [Fighting in the way of God] and became eternal.