The seventh major confrontation raged in eastern Islamabad from Wednesday afternoon until 5 o'clock, Thursday morning. The Khomeini regime had sent a multitude of fresh troops, who attacked on four axes, again attempting to cut the Islamabad-Kermanshah road. According to the GC wireless conversations, intercepted by the NLA, dozens of helicopters carried ammunition for the Guards.
From Kermanshah, GC Ground Forces Commander Shamkhani repeatedly demanded that his forces begin their operation. He stressed, "I am the one who issues the orders." At the battle scene, however, the divisions were still complaining of shortages of multiple rocket launchers until 4 pm.
Five NLA brigades countered the new attack and inflicted 3,000 casualties on the enemy during a heroic, 15-hour battle. Khomeini's forces did not capture even a single position, and their plan to cut the NLA' s supply route to Kermanshah, and surround and destroy the resistance combatants was frustrated. As Khomeini's Guards fought their losing battle, their commanders constantly asked for more Katyusha rocket launchers and until 7:20 pm bellowed on the wireless that they "needed" more air support and helicopters.
Late that night, the commander of the 27th Mohammad division declared on the wireless that "the situation is very troublesome." The commander of the 57th Abolfazl division also reported that a great many of his forces, along with a commander called Kamare'i, had been killed.
