The Khomeini regime acknowledged having sent troops from 172 cities.(1) The commanders of Khomeini s Air Force and Air Corps stressed that their forces flew as many missions in those few days as they had during two years of the war with Iraq along the 1,200-km border.(2)
The Khomeini regime adjourned its Parliament, closed its theological schools and all branches of its "House of Workers' (a network used to suppress blue-collar workers). Top-ranking officials and the entire command system of the Guards rushed to Kermanshah. High school and universities were cancelled. All bus terminals were closed to the public and their buses used to transport forces to the battle. Members of the Islamic societies and councils and Friday prayer leaders were dispatched to the site. Soccer tournaments were called off.
Komiteh Guards from Tehran and other cities as well as the Guards Corps' special division of bodyguards for the regime's officials were dispatched to Kermanshah province. Hezbollahis were sent from places like Esfaryan, Birjad and Sabzevar (in eastern Iran), Tonb and Abu-Moussa islands (in the Persian Gulf), and Chahbahar (in southern Baluchistan). The regime resorted to extensive diplomatic activities and employed all means available to postpone its inevitable collapse.
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