Shamkhani

Shamkhani, the head of Armed Forces Strategic Studies, stating that many of those who were martyred in Khorramshahr were Arabs so that Saddam could not imagine that these people might stand against him and he said: “The assistance of Khorramshahr Arabs to Saddam Hussein to seize their city is a pure lie.”?

Vice Admiral Ali Shamkhani, the former Defense Minister of Armed and Logistics Forces in an interview with Mehr News Agency correspondent regarding the share of army and corps in the Imposed War Era, specially the military operation of Khorramshahr Freedom said: “The Army in its books claims that they fought and the Corps in its books says that they fought and did this operation, but the reality is that a combination of the Army and Corps did this military operation and in some cases the role of one of them was more highlighted.”?

He reiterated: in fact since the Corps were connected with the people and by having the organizational power and the operational power and also due to strength and vitality of its young members that these advantages in addition to the advantage of army such as military facilities and equipment including helicopters and aircrafts of Air Force created the victories during the Iran-Iraq war era.

The chief for the Center of Strategic Studies of Armed Forces however asserted: "But the reality is that the Army and Corps did not have equal roles in the war and especially in the conquest of Khorramshahr.”?

In another part of his interview with Mehr News Agency correspondent about the reasons for the fall of Khorramshahr said: "We were not waiting for war at the time and we were not absolutely ready to deal with the Baathist army, we were also involved in domestic issues, while Saddam from February 1978 to August 1980 a total of 19 months was preparing his army for this war. Saddam’s regime aimed to cut firstly Khorramshahr and then Khuzistan from Iran, but because of God’s will this regime did not succeed to reach its targets and ambitions.

Former Secretary of Defense stating that the war is a game of chess that anyone who can manage the second move faster and better than opponent will win and he said "Therefore at that time a part of Khorramshahr was occupied by the enemy, but after 175 days thanks to God according to the zeal of Iranian fighters, the bloody city was freed from the Baathist enemy occupation.

He added: "In fact, the Iraqi Baathist regime by occupying Khorramshahr was following the pivotal role in the area, while Iraq's impressive role was completely collapsed on the day of Khorramshahr liberation.”?

Member of Iranian Foreign Relations Steering Committee in response to a question of Mehr News Agency correspondent whether it is true that the local tribes and farmers assisted Iraq in occupying Khorramshahr or not? He said: well this is a lie.

He expressed that he is an Arab and he said: "You can not find an Arab in the combatant groups that are against the Islamic Republic of Iran, such as hypocrites and Fadaiyan Guerillas, because there is no Arab in these terrorist groups.”?

Shamkhani reiterated: But before the revolution in order to fight Against Shah’s regime, some Arabs entered into an equation with Saddam, but when the revolution won, these groups became two divisions, some of them joined the revolution that we wanted the same thing and indeed they wanted to fight with Shah’s regime and we got Arabic Tribes and the other group was the one that were the hired men of the Baathist regime and had nothing to do with the Arab tribes , but also they would be suppressed even by the same tribes.

He said those who were martyred in Khorramshahr were Arabs so that Saddam Hussein did not imagine that these people would stand against him and before the Islamic Revolution some people were linked with Saddam that they continued fighting with the Islamic Republic.

The chief for the Center of Strategic Studies of Armed Forces added: “Because of the bad performance of Mr Madani during the time that he was the governor who was more worse than Bani Sadr, since he wanted to change this issue to a national issue and to make a national hero of himself, the people took advantage of the opportunities created in this field.”?

He added: "Mr Madani at the time did a lot of promotional work on this issue but the reality was that they did not have the necessary capacity, they would not be supported by the people as well and in forms of groups and teams would generally serve the Iraqi Baath military intelligence.”?

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Shamkhani, the head of Armed Forces Strategic Studies, stating that many of those who were martyred in Khorramshahr were Arabs so that Saddam could not imagine that these people might stand against him and he said: “The assistance of Khorramshahr Arabs to Saddam Hussein to seize their city is a pure lie.”? Vice Admiral Ali Shamkhani, the former Defense Minister of Armed and Logistics Forces in an interview with Mehr News Agency correspondent regarding the share of army and corps in the Imposed War Era, specially the military operation of Khorramshahr Freedom said: “The Army in its books claims that they fought and the Corps in its books says that they fought and did this operation, but the reality is that a combination of the Army and Corps did this military operation and in some cases the role of one of them was more highlighted.”? He reiterated: in fact since the Corps were connected with the people and by having the organizational power and the operational power and also due to strength and vitality of its young members that these advantages in addition to the advantage of army such as military facilities and equipment including helicopters and aircrafts of Air Force created the victories during the Iran-Iraq war era. The chief for the Center of Strategic Studies of Armed Forces however asserted: "But the reality is that the Army and Corps did not have equal roles in the war and especially in the conquest of Khorramshahr.”? In another part of his interview with Mehr News Agency correspondent about the reasons for the fall of Khorramshahr said: "We were not waiting for war at the time and we were not absolutely ready to deal with the Baathist army, we were also involved in domestic issues, while Saddam from February 1978 to August 1980 a total of 19 months was preparing his army for this war. Saddam’s regime aimed to cut firstly Khorramshahr and then Khuzistan from Iran, but because of God’s will this regime did not succeed to reach its targets and ambitions. Former Secretary of Defense stating that the war is a game of chess that anyone who can manage the second move faster and better than opponent will win and he said "Therefore at that time a part of Khorramshahr was occupied by the enemy, but after 175 days thanks to God according to the zeal of Iranian fighters, the bloody city was freed from the Baathist enemy occupation. He added: "In fact, the Iraqi Baathist regime by occupying Khorramshahr was following the pivotal role in the area, while Iraq's impressive role was completely collapsed on the day of Khorramshahr liberation.”? Member of Iranian Foreign Relations Steering Committee in response to a question of Mehr News Agency correspondent whether it is true that the local tribes and farmers assisted Iraq in occupying Khorramshahr or not? He said: well this is a lie. He expressed that he is an Arab and he said: "You can not find an Arab in the combatant groups that are against the Islamic Republic of Iran, such as hypocrites and Fadaiyan Guerillas, because there is no Arab in these terrorist groups.”? Shamkhani reiterated: But before the revolution in order to fight Against Shah’s regime, some Arabs entered into an equation with Saddam, but when the revolution won, these groups became two divisions, some of them joined the revolution that we wanted the same thing and indeed they wanted to fight with Shah’s regime and we got Arabic Tribes and the other group was the one that were the hired men of the Baathist regime and had nothing to do with the Arab tribes , but also they would be suppressed even by the same tribes. He said those who were martyred in Khorramshahr were Arabs so that Saddam Hussein did not imagine that these people would stand against him and before the Islamic Revolution some people were linked with Saddam that they continued fighting with the Islamic Republic. The chief for the Center of Strategic Studies of Armed Forces added: “Because of the bad performance of Mr Madani during the time that he was the governor who was more worse than Bani Sadr, since he wanted to change this issue to a national issue and to make a national hero of himself, the people took advantage of the opportunities created in this field.”? He added: "Mr Madani at the time did a lot of promotional work on this issue but the reality was that they did not have the necessary capacity, they would not be supported by the people as well and in forms of groups and teams would generally serve the Iraqi Baath military intelligence.”? The End