Coup in Mashhad

A cut from memoirs of Jalaleddin Farsi

On 28th of Mordad 1332 (August 19, 1953) in Mashhad, two light tanks with a group of mobs and non-commissioned officers raided the streets of the city. Some of them looted some shops and theatres that had refused to play the Shahshahi or imperial anthem in the last two nights upon the order of the coup plotters. A bookshop, and a stylish shoemaker, belonging to Akhlaqi, were among them. Akhlaqi was a member of Tudeh Party.

Moving to Paveh

The terrible news of Paveh reached the center, and the army and the Guards Corps were ordered to help, but it did not give results, and it was feared that Paveh would also suffer the fate of Marivan and a heinous massacre by the Democratic Party and other prominent leftists would take place there. On behalf of the then government, I was given a mission to personally go to Paveh and try to ...

Members of Combatant Clergy Association arrested

On one of the nights of the holy month of Ramadan in 1356 (1977), the Central Council of the Combatant Clergy Association held a meeting in the house of Mr. Sheikh Ali Asghar Morvarid, in western Tehran, and we decided to continue the meeting until dawn. Some twenty people including misters professor Motahari, Mahdavi Kani and Mousavi Ardebili and other well-known people were present in the meeting. From there, professor Motahari contacted with the holy Najaf by

An Excerpt of the Book Strange Acquaintances

Women in Captivity

Regarding the role of women in Iraqi prisons, Hojjat al-Islam wal-Muslimeen Abu Torabi, a released prisoner cleric and representative of Vali-e Faghih (Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist) in the headquarters for affairs of the liberated prisoners says: “During the captivity, we found out that the four sisters were captives and they were living with the utmost courage and bravery, but we had not seen them. After a year and a half and maybe almost two years, ...

In cover of family trip

The [Arak] Machine Sazi Factory went on strike in the winter of 1357 (1979), and because of this strike, the workers were not paid. Ayatollah Jannati, who had come to Arak to give a speech at this time, suggested that we issue bills to provide financial resources for the strikers, and he also said: "I will prepare the bills and you come to Qom, take them from me and distribute them to the people."

No gas for Tehran

On the night of 12th of Bahman 1357 (February 1, 1979), we started driving toward Tehran [amid the cold weather of the town of Abadeh] by a Paykan automobile that had no heater and had not been serviced during the recent days. We had not distanced so much from Abadeh that we got a flat tire. It was very difficult for us to fix a flat tire. Fortunately, I had a spare tire in the back of the car.

Kermanshah; Mersad operation

He Was a Traitor

The specialized forces that were sent to Kermanshah in the Mersad operation, were there either to complete the plan and carry out the mission or voluntarily. We were a paramedic team that was sent from Tehran to Kermanshah on a voluntary basis. When we arrived in Kermanshah, we settled in one of the hospitals. The general surgery team came voluntarily from Shiraz University and the brain surgery team came from Mashhad University.

Warning for avoiding superstitions

On the night of the same day that the Shah had escaped, a number of my friends came to me to make a decision about the rally that was going to be held the next day. Different people were present in the meeting and it was decided that no logos or signs of any group, party or organization would be shown in the rally. Of course, our main concern was the Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization on whose behalf several students had also participated in the meeting.

The Memories of Morteza Alviri

A March in Support of IRGC

Mojtaba Taleghani, the son of Ayatollah Taleghani, has been arrested due to his affiliation with a leftist group and carrying illegal weapon. This issue made a fuss. It was heard in the news and sayings that Mojtaba Taleghani has planned to attack somewhere with this weapon, and the other impressions like this. At that time, Engineer Gharazi served in IRGC, and it was he who arrested Ayatollah Taleghanis son. Dr. Ebrahim Yazdi and ...

A portion of the memoirs of Seyyed Hamid Shahangian

Art Foundation of the Underprivileged

But the story of the formation of "Art Foundation of the Underprivileged". A few months had passed since the victory of the revolution. One day, I was passing by Shahabad Street, the distance between the current Majlis building and Mokhbar al-Douleh Square . My eyes fell on the large and painted picture of a half-naked woman on the door of a cinema. I think it was called "Cinema Europe". We had seen enough of these scenes, ...