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...Ahmad Ahmad Memoirs (44)
Ahmad Ahmad Memoirs (44)Edited by Mohsen KazemiSoureh Mehr Publishing Company(Original Text in Persian, 2000)Translated by Mohammad Karimi On the third day, the cell’s gate was open and then a tall strong young man was thrown in. His face was so worried. It seemed that it was the first time that he was experiencing such a place. After few moments he began talking and said that he was a javelin throwing champion and did not know what the reason was for his arrest. Unfortunately his interrogator was someone whose name was “Danesh”. He was a bad tempered wretched man who would harass his prisoners a lot. The next day, they took the champion for interrogation. Danesh used Apollo for torturing him and he did it so savagely. That afternoon when I was resting on the ground of my cell, suddenly I saw two...Ahmad Ahmad Memoirs (43)
Ahmad Ahmad Memoirs (43)Edited by Mohsen KazemiSoureh Mehr Publishing Company(Original Text in Persian, 2000)Translated by Mohammad Karimi Honey Moon in Prison It was about two or three days after my marriage that the telephone ranged. I pick up the phone. A man said: “Sir, I am calling from Telecommunication Company. I am checking the lines. Please give me your address then I can give your new phone number.” I found out they were controlling my house since the company had all the addresses. So I prevaricated to answer him. Instantly I called my brother and told him the matter. Haj Mahdi said: “They have arrested Ahmad, son Haj Agha Lahooti (1), and now they in chase of me. Now, just get out and let see what happens.” Without telling anything to my wife, I got out and went toward my brother’s...Ahmad Ahmad Memoirs (42)
Ahmad Ahmad Memoirs (42)Edited by Mohsen KazemiSoureh Mehr Publishing Company(Original Text in Persian, 2000)Translated by Mohammad Karimi Apple Smell Job, Marriage In the early days after my freedom, my relatives and friends came to visit me to get the news. I was happy with that because of my worriedness about SAVAK’s monitoring who come to our house. Some days passed this way. I had to find a job. Because of my political background, it was not easy to find a good job. I talked to many people and it was useless. Finally I visited the late Haj Mohammad Sadegh Eslami and told the matter to him. He employed me in Qa’em Glaze Company (1) where he was the directing manager. SAVAK’s monitoring continued. They would follow me everywhere and all the time.After finding a job I thought of getting......
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