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Ahmad Ahmad Memoirs (54)Edited by Mohsen KazemiSoureh Mehr Publishing Company(Original Text in Persian, 2000)Translated by Mohammad Karimi Assassinations and Changes In late 1975 winter MKO via Iraj ordered us to afford a 7-meter black veil. We were surprised with this matter; “…7-meter black veil!? What for?” Black veils were usually 6 meters. Finally we could find it. Few days later they gave us an announcement to print and copy. In announcement No. 21 they had mentioned how they had assassinated Gen. Zandipour. The late Morteza Samadiyyeh Labbaf and few other members of MKO had done it. Samadiyyeh was a tall man and then we understood why they had asked for a 7-meter black veil. They wanted it to use at the time of assassination.The point that I noticed in the announcement was the small size of...Ahmad Ahmad Memoirs (53)
Ahmad Ahmad Memoirs (53)Edited by Mohsen KazemiSoureh Mehr Publishing Company(Original Text in Persian, 2000)Translated by Mohammad Karimi When Iraj came, forging documents was added to our tasks. We would forge ID cards, passports, and … unskillfully of course. In some cases MKO would give us some ID cards and passports and we would only change the photograph skillfully with a new one and then seal it or change the its number.Iraj would come to our house before noon and stay there until sunset. But we would not see him saying his prayers. I checked him several times and I became sure that he would not say his prayers. I asked him several times: “why don’t you say your prayers?” and he would say: “I did. You may not have seen. But any way, if you say, I may do it again.” I would say by myself:...Ahmad Ahmad Memoirs (52)
Ahmad Ahmad Memoirs (52)Edited by Mohsen KazemiSoureh Mehr Publishing Company(Original Text in Persian, 2000)Translated by Mohammad Karimi Ways to Survive From the beginning of secret life our connections with outside of MKO became so limited. Even with our families we had only phone calls. For phone calls we had only to use public phones and finish our dialogues in less than 3 minutes in order not to be tracked. Right in these phone calls I found out SAVAK had referred to my father’s and father-in-law’s houses several times and had asked about me. They even had attacked my father –in-law’s house once and detained his family and him for some hours. They had tried to force my wife’s parents to confess where we had been hidden but nothing was achieved by them.In some necessary cases, and...Ahmad Ahmad Memoirs (51)
Ahmad Ahmad Memoirs (51)Edited by Mohsen KazemiSoureh Mehr Publishing Company(Original Text in Persian, 2000)Translated by Mohammad Karimi After some time Habib told Parviz: “You are so faithful to your wife and it is dangerous for your way and MKO. If they arrest you in future this dependence would put you in a weakened position and MKO would definitely get harmed. In the following days, Habib continued such discussions with Parviz and then MKO ordered him to become friends with a MKO female member and get about in his residence area in a red BMW. Obeying MKO orders, Parviz accepted to do that and some of his relatives and friends saw him with that girl and reported the matter to his wife. Finally MKO ordered them (The girl and Parviz) to have a trip to Caspian coast in North of Iran. There, they took...Ahmad Ahmad Memoirs (50)
Ahmad Ahmad Memoirs (50)Edited by Mohsen KazemiSoureh Mehr Publishing Company(Original Text in Persian, 2000)Translated by Mohammad Karimi Life in Secure House!The birth of the twins on September 30th 1974 brought us into a new stage of life. These heavenly gifts, Maryam and Zahra warmed our life. We had no free time and we think about nothing except how to grow our kids. Taking care of two kids at the same time was really hard. If one of them would sleep the other would wake her up by crying and if one of them was being fed by milk the other would begin crying of hunger.Being full busy with the kids we forgot our promises for the activity for MKO. Finally one day Sepassi Ashtiani came and informed us that MKO had asked us to prepare and live in a secure secret house. At first I tried not to accept but...Ahmad Ahmad Memoirs (49)
Ahmad Ahmad Memoirs (49)Edited by Mohsen KazemiSoureh Mehr Publishing Company(Original Text in Persian, 2000)Translated by Mohammad Karimi Beginning of Cooperation with MKO One month after freedom from ACC Ali Reza Sepasi Ashtiani came to visit me. I had a long friendship with him since my presence in INP and Hezbollah group. When Hezbollah merged in MKO (Mujahidin Khalq Organization) (1), he officially became member of this organization and began a secret life. His visits in our house continued. He began political and religious discussions in these visits. At first he would talk about MKO positions and ideals indirectly but later he openly expressed the ideas, activities and strategies of this organization and invited me to join it but I did not accept.Gradually he showed more interest in me and tried...Ahmad Ahmad Memoirs (48)
Ahmad Ahmad Memoirs (48)Edited by Mohsen KazemiSoureh Mehr Publishing Company(Original Text in Persian, 2000)Translated by Mohammad Karimi Barrier over Barrier Endless Interventions by SAVAK One or two days after being freed I was thinking what I had to do. The responsibility for the new life would not let me be free. I could follow many affairs freely and relaxed because of being unmarried, but after being married and considering my parents’ oldness, I had to think more seriously about my life and activities. My wife had accepted to stay beside me in all up and downs, but I had to think how to make ends meet for my family. Occasional interventions by SAVAK had made it hard me. Besides, many businessmen would present their suitable job positions to me when being informed of my background.I was...Ahmad Ahmad Memoirs (47)
Ahmad Ahmad Memoirs (47)Edited by Mohsen KazemiSoureh Mehr Publishing Company(Original Text in Persian, 2000)Translated by Mohammad Karimi The day after that night, they called that Isfahani student and announced he was free. He said goodbye to us and took his clothes and went. He went and I do not know anything about his destiny. But, whenever I remember his heroic resistance, I admire him in my heart. He was a real resisting fighter and even to the last days he did not confess what he had done or who he was to the agents and even not to us. His behavior would reveal that he was connected to small Muslim armed groups and it was his first time in prison. He never asked me who I was or what I had done either. I always remind him as a resisting good believer fighter who would bring us tranquility and peace...Ahmad Ahmad Memoirs (46)
Ahmad Ahmad Memoirs (46)Edited by Mohsen KazemiSoureh Mehr Publishing Company(Original Text in Persian, 2000)Translated by Mohammad Karimi Sonorous Sickness The last days that I was in ACC I had become slim and weak because of fasting since I could not have war food. I would eat my lunch for evening and my dinner at dawn. Additionally, because the blood and pus of that young student, the cell was quite unsanitary and dirty and the possibility of rotting the food was several times more.After eating my dawn food I felt a very bad stomachache. I had to go to toilet. But I had to wait because of the prison’s regulations. I waited for some minutes, but I could tolerate it. I began knocking on the door. The guard said: “Don’t knock uselessly; we would open it at its time, it’s not yet…”half an...Ahmad Ahmad Memoirs (45)
Ahmad Ahmad Memoirs (45)Edited by Mohsen KazemiSoureh Mehr Publishing Company(Original Text in Persian, 2000)Translated by Mohammad Karimi Heavenly Apples That night the agents took me back to ACC without reaching to any result. This time they took me to a new cell where a clergy named Gerami and a young student had already been there. It was Cell No. 17 that had a 1.5 meters rug on the ground. That night I slept with no talking. Before morning call for prayers I woke up to say my prayers. That day I had to fast without any food for my morning. That morning I surprisingly saw that clergy was eating breakfast. I surprisingly asked: “Isn’t it Ramadan!?” and the clergy answered: “We are captives and should not fast until our situation is cleared.” It was so confusing to me. I did not continue......
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