At a point of time in the war when the enemy was intensely and uninterruptedly conducting aerial strikes against KhargIsland and its oil installations, I together with some friends at the office of the Imam, journeyed to KhargIsland. When we entered the island, in keeping with the criteria and procedures that they had in place-because it was the time when normally, the enemy aircraft would appear-our friends requested that we remain in our shelters and visit the port facilities after the aerial bombardment was over. We did not accept and immediately we went to inspect the port facilities.
We were on the jetties when the MIG-29 aircraft appeared overhead and dropped eighteen 500 kilogram bombs on the Island. Some of them dropped into the sea while the rest in various parts of the island but none of them struck the jetties. However, incidentally one of them dropped right on the building in which we were supposed to take shelter in order to avert danger!
Anyhow, we witnessed the situation from close and returned on Thursday. Although on Friday morning the Imam would normally listen to the 8 o'clock news over the radio and then immediately go to take a bath, but when we told him that we had visited the KhargIsland, he sat to listen. We reported the situation to him and conveyed the message of the authorities over there.
They had said that in the next couple of days, in keeping with the normal procedure, the export of oil would be halted and in that sensitive war situation and foreign exchange difficulties, this was the main worry.
The Imam listened to my words intently and finally, with unimaginable self-assurance prepared to recite supplications. It was a self-assurance that apart from faith and communion with God became clear to us with the passage of time and the uninterrupted export of crude oil until the end of the war-despite all the pressure tactics of the enemy. Although the Imam was not physically present on the island but in comparison with those who were involved in the job, he was better informed of the present situation and future forecasts.[1]
[1]Self-assurance of the Imam during aerial strikes of KhargIsland: Hujjat al-Islam Rahimiyan