My Hand Remained Where it Was!

25 Karbela Division was dispatched to Houralazim region in 1983, and Mohammad Salehi a soldier of the Malek-Ashtar battalion in the same division with it. They said that all should get ready for the destruction of the enemy ambush dugouts. They went on canoes and returned after the raid was complete.

It's 3 a.m. Voices heard on the radio transmitter and receiver set by Mohammad. It was the comrades in Yaser ambush dugout who had been injured. Mohammad goes to them on a canoe. On the way, he tried to contact the headquarters to see if they let them retreat. Suddenly, something hit Mohammad's hand, held raised to make a contact, very hard and made it afloat on the bridge. Other soldiers heard it too.

Right at that time, they ordered the soldiers to retreat. Mohammad, coming around, sat to see what had happened to his hand, but he got shot in the back and fell into the water. Other soldiers, catching and bringing him on the bridge, noticed an iron piece in Mohammad's arm with its tip stuck out from the back of his arm. The iron piece was a 60 mortar shell whose charge and detonating fuse had been hit.

Mohammad nervously asked his comrades to get away from him before they were blown up! After waiting for some moments and no explosion, they put him on a motor boat and brought him back to their own forces base. As soon as Mohammad got out of the boat, all flee at the sight of him!

One of the soldiers from the dispensary command took him to a field hospital and left him there. Another from the demolition command showed no hope for him. Mohammad, agitated by intense pain and stress, started to shout.
When they reached the field hospital, all gathered around Mohammad and started to take photos from him. Doctors, considering his physical state, avoided any surgery on his hand, but Doctor Mohajer agreed to do it. Encouraged by what Doctor Mohajer did, other doctors took part in Mohammad's surgery.

When they took out the mortar shell, Mohammad, seeing it, noticed that it was not defused. Doctors, getting to know that, left the surgery room quickly. In the end, Doctor Sheykh, by Imam Khomeini's order, took the full responsibility on Mohammad's hand surgery. His hand is in a healthy condition now, and it is as the doctors believed it had to be cut off.

The End

25 Karbela Division was dispatched to Houralazim region in 1983, and Mohammad Salehi a soldier of the Malek-Ashtar battalion in the same division with it. They said that all should get ready for the destruction of the enemy ambush dugouts. They went on canoes and returned after the raid was complete. It's 3 a.m. Voices heard on the radio transmitter and receiver set by Mohammad. It was the comrades in Yaser ambush dugout who had been injured. Mohammad goes to them on a canoe. On the way, he tried to contact the headquarters to see if they let them retreat. Suddenly, something hit Mohammad's hand, held raised to make a contact, very hard and made it afloat on the bridge. Other soldiers heard it too. Right at that time, they ordered the soldiers to retreat. Mohammad, coming around, sat to see what had happened to his hand, but he got shot in the back and fell into the water. Other soldiers, catching and bringing him on the bridge, noticed an iron piece in Mohammad's arm with its tip stuck out from the back of his arm. The iron piece was a 60 mortar shell whose charge and detonating fuse had been hit. Mohammad nervously asked his comrades to get away from him before they were blown up! After waiting for some moments and no explosion, they put him on a motor boat and brought him back to their own forces base. As soon as Mohammad got out of the boat, all flee at the sight of him! One of the soldiers from the dispensary command took him to a field hospital and left him there. Another from the demolition command showed no hope for him. Mohammad, agitated by intense pain and stress, started to shout. When they reached the field hospital, all gathered around Mohammad and started to take photos from him. Doctors, considering his physical state, avoided any surgery on his hand, but Doctor Mohajer agreed to do it. Encouraged by what Doctor Mohajer did, other doctors took part in Mohammad's surgery. When they took out the mortar shell, Mohammad, seeing it, noticed that it was not defused. Doctors, getting to know that, left the surgery room quickly. In the end, Doctor Sheykh, by Imam Khomeini's order, took the full responsibility on Mohammad's hand surgery. His hand is in a healthy condition now, and it is as the doctors believed it had to be cut off. The End