"At around 4 or 5 a.m., they reached the battalion headquarters. This demonstrated that they had car ried out reconnaissance at several stages because they knew the exact locations of the gunner platoon, the battalion headquarters and even the entry post. Those captured were quickly transferred, row by row and base by base, and handed over to other fighters to be taken behind the lines.

In terms of firepower, the rhythm of the shooting in the first moments did not differ from that at the end. The continuity of their firepower was really something. And whenever they needed to realign fire, they asked for it on time and received it. In this way, the ammunition in our depots was soon ablaze. The overall fire strategy was good." Colonel Behzad Mo'ezi, one of the most distinguished senior officers of the Air Force and an NLA military expert, describes the NLA's performance thus: "One should note that the NLA is not a classical army. It is an educated and highly motivated army which has accurate planning and command capabilities and elaborate combat skills. The NLA faces forces who do not have any motivation to defend Khomeini's dictatorship, and are joining the NLA in groups.

"This fact makes Khomeini's forces of war and repression incapable of putting up any resistance against the NLA's advances, both at present and in future," he added.

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