The Days Without Mirror (Part 3)

As I said, my older brothers name was Gholam Hossein. We all revered him. At that time, it was believed that the eldest son was the fathers successor. We called Gholam Hossein, Agha Dadash. If I wore a dress and he would say, change it, I accepted without any offence. My parents showed more affection to their daughters than their sons. They always said that a daughter gets marry and joins another family; ...

The Days Without Mirror (Part 2)

We held Rawda khwani every twentieth of month. The guesthouse had three large interconnecting rooms with large windows. On the Rawda khwani days, we drew curtains aside, and women came in and sat down tightly closed and make loud noise. Those years, women were housewife; they did not have much works and the Rawda khwani ceremonies were crowded. They talked about everything: who gave birth, the daughter of whom got married, who got divorced, etc.

The Days Without Mirror (Part 1)

The Days without Mirror analyses the life of a woman who marries with love and enthusiasm at seventeen and tastes the motherhood at eighteen, and the same year is the beginning of her eighteen years of waiting: her pilot husband goes missing. She spends fourteen years in unawareness and absolute waiting, and after being informed that her husband is held captive, it takes three more years to see him.

Memoirs of Marzieh Hadidchi (Dabbagh) (Part 64)

I am thankful of the great Imam for giving us this time to meet him. I have a mission to deliver the response letter of Mikhail Sergey Gorbachev to Imam. I will try to inform you about its contents briefly. At first I must say the fact of exchanging messages between the two leaders is a unique issue in our relationships. I believe that there is a condition for ...

Memoirs of Marzieh Hadidchi (Dabbagh) (Part 63)

With due wishes for the happiness and prosperity of Your Excellency and the people of the Soviet Union. Since you assumed office, there has been the impression that Your Excellency, in analyzing world political events, particularly those pertaining to the Soviet Union, have found yourself in a new era of reassessment, change and confrontation; and your boldness and initiative in dealing with the realities of the world is quite likely to bring ...

Memoirs of Marzieh Hadidchi (Dabbagh) (Part 62)

Mrs. Mirkhani: "Although Vida was a leftist, it is not fair that we turn a blind eye on her positive characteristics. I myself respect her. I owe my bachelor in French to Vida Hajibi. My relationship with her was only for learning French and it did not go further. In prison, everyone taught others anything they knew. Vida knew French, English, and Spanish, so she held French class.

Memoirs of Marzieh Hadidchi (Dabbagh) (Part 61)

The most similar and the closest person to Mrs. Dabbagh was Mrs. Esmat al-Sadat Nasri. Later, we realized that Mrs. Nasri had been probably among the first members in MKO, and therefore she knew Mrs. Dabbagh more. The two did not speak at all about their duty and past, and with whom they cooperated. They did not even say anything about tortures they had suffered.

Memoirs of Marzieh Hadidchi (Dabbagh) (Part 60)

Mrs. Dabbagh was very buoyant. She made use of anyone who was expert. It was very interesting. I had a bachelor degree in economics, for example, and she asked me to recite the Quran and to tell her my interpretation according to my expertise. I said, ‘Mrs. Dabbagh, at last you make trouble for me. ‘Anyone, who interprets the Quran in his own words, has chosen a place in the fire of Hell.’’

Memoirs of Marzieh Hadidchi (Dabbagh) (Part 59)

Mrs. Rezvaneh Dabbagh: "After being sent to the Joint Committee, I was interrogated. In the first and second stages, I was interrogated alone, but several times I was interrogated while other people were being tortured and I heard their loud lamentation and sometimes I heard they shouted Allahu-akbar and Allah Allah. I was constantly asked, "where is such a person?’" Sometimes I was interrogated in front of my mother.

Memoirs of Marzieh Hadidchi (Dabbagh) (Part 58)

In order to clarify the prison space in Mrs. Dabbagh memories, we interviewed with some of her fellow prisoners and daughter (Rezvaneh). Mrs. Manzar Khayyer, Susan Haddad, Adel and Zahra Mirkhani related their memories in an interview. We chose some of them which were related to the content of this book.