Changing the Governor

I was invited to Tabriz University in Ramadhan (August-September) 1979. Firstly, a member of Islamic Association, Mr. Ahamad Khorram invited me {Hujjat al-Islam Hassan Hassanzadeh Kashmari}; it was supposed to speak from the pulpit in Qazi Mosque that SAVAK prevented. Finally, I had to go to Tabriz University to give a speech. Then they said, “you should have a letter from Mr. Shariatmadari.” After that, we had a private meeting with Muslim brothers of Tabriz University ...

A section from the book A Soldier Forever

A Narration about the Badr Operation

After several small operations, the Badr operation began. The operation was carried out in complete secrecy and even we, who were often informed about the news of the front and the war and during the attacks, did not know the least about this operation. Later, we heard from the Basij and militants who participated in the reconnaissance of this operation, that they took some loyal Basij and Islamic Revolutionary Gurds Corps (IRGC), but they did not return them.

Memories of Morteza Alviri

In the first days of the victory of the revolution, the province of Kurdistan was in turmoil and there was a chaotic situation there. On behalf of the Peoples Mojahedin Organization of the Islamic Revolution, we have sent some people to Kurdistan to investigate the situation. We also sent an armed group there to deal with the counter-revolution. Some were also sent to Kurdistan by Mr. Rafiqdoost.

Top Secret Announcements

At night, they brought the leaflets by a car. There were three sugar sacks of fifty to sixty kilos full of leaflets. In addition to the leaflet, there were tapes in the sacks that had been brought from Lebanon. I was allowed to read some of the leaflets, but I was not allowed to read some of the leaflets which were wrapped and tied with a red thread. They said these announcements are top secret.

Post-Revolution Activities (Winter 1979)

Part of Mulla Saleh Qari Memoirs

People visited the center every day, and the room was always crowded. Everyone arrived for help or made a request. Ali, my other friends and I helped them, including providing construction materials, land, job, or even marriage loans, etc, according to the priority of the needs. Eventually, Imam Khomeini ordered to establish "Islamic Revolution Housing Foundation". With the formation of this foundation, tasks were done in an administrative and coherent routine.

A Narrative of Public Movement of June 5 1963

There is a story about Grand Mosque of Shiraz, in which most of June 5 events happened, that I like to note before addressing memories of June 5, 1963. The current director of bureau of Education who had intended to restore the mosque, started it in 1944. But when he evaluated impairment of the mosque, he concluded it would be better destroy the mosque totally and take its bricks to Kazeroon in order to build schools.

A Different Walking

One day we were at my fathers house; after having lunch, Ahmad suggested let us go home together. I asked in surprise, “why now? You have a debate, do not you? Also, we were supposed to be here for the dinner, and most importantly, we do not walk together in the street.” Those days in Qom, it was not customary for men, especially clerics, to walk on the street with their wives…

A Memory by Iran Torabi about Meeting Imam Khomeini

There were heavy surgeries that night until morning. Some of the wounded of the air force got martyrdom, and some guards died too. I was busy delivering one of the operated when I heard shouting and cursing in the recovery room. A guard and an air force officer had lain down on the stretcher, and were waiting for surgery. The guard had a medal around his neck supposed to be for the guards, and the Air Force officer recognized it.

Maid; Take off Your Headscarf!

We used to buy drinking water from a carter and store it in big buckets, but we had to use water from the pond for washing. The well and the pond were in a corner of the yard. The house had many rooms. When we opened the door of the room, it got cold quickly. We always used Korsi at the end of autumn. At night, our house was lit by the light of an oil lamp or a petromax.

The Temporary Grave

Memories of Amir Saeidzadeh

Last year, a heavy snow fell in Dole Baderan and Kriskan region and the main prison was snow-covered. Due to the fall of the avalanche and the destruction of the walls and roof, a number of prisoners had been buried under rubble. The Democrat was forced to move the prison to Kriskan region and take the prisoners into a tent and build a short wall around it. The prisoners had to live in this temporary place until the main prison to be repaired and reconstructed.