In 1991 when I
established the faculty for instruction of traditional and non-traditional
Islamic sources, it was in order to expound on the true heart of the religion.
I was watched, wiretapped and threatened by Intelligence and Security agents of
the regime.
That led to my first arrest and imprisonment in 1995, where I was held for two months, in Towheed prison which was a horrifying and secret place run by the Ministry of Intelligence and Security and is located behind the central post office. There I was locked up and under severe physical and psychological torture. However, I did not cease to expose the face of this political religion and by attracting people to mentally stimulating services and cultural initiatives, I familiarized the hateful authorities of this inhumane regime with divine principles.
That led to my first arrest and imprisonment in 1995, where I was held for two months, in Towheed prison which was a horrifying and secret place run by the Ministry of Intelligence and Security and is located behind the central post office. There I was locked up and under severe physical and psychological torture. However, I did not cease to expose the face of this political religion and by attracting people to mentally stimulating services and cultural initiatives, I familiarized the hateful authorities of this inhumane regime with divine principles.
Again in 2000,
I was jailed in Evin prison’s notorious ward 209 and spent several months in
the solitary cells under punishment but never will this worshiper of God,
patriot and servant-to-the-people quit his struggle against tyranny.
Through prayer
and spiritual interest those who needed the solace and were seeking comfort in
their time of pain and need, gathered with me to echo the voices of the truly
needy and violated. Our gatherings and assemblies were so well-attended and
popular that no mosque or Hosseinieh could accommodate the grandeur of
humanity. We therefore began holding our assemblies in stadiums and that was
when the corrupt and brutal ruling elite could no longer stand it.
Pressures from
Mohseni-Ejehyee, Minister of Intelligence and Security, and a signed order by
Ali Razini, Legal and Judiciary Deputy to the Council of Experts, lead to an
attack, carried out by Morteza Talayee, Tehran’s erstwhile chief of police, on
my house, neighborhood and thousands of supporters who were present.
They were
viciously beat and brutalized by the disciplinary guards and members of the
Basij who descended upon us in early October. The sounds of the cries, pleas
and screams that rang through the area, came from people of all ages, from babies
to the elderly, all of whom were dragged away to Evin prison. The youngest of
all of those detained was my six month old granddaughter and among the eldest, my
elderly mother who died after bleeding to death as a result of injuries
sustained from the tortures inflicted upon her unknown Soldiers of
the Hidden Imam.
During that
time many shows were broadcast on the regime-run and heavily censored TV
networks where I was viciously smeared and purposefully misrepresented and lied
about in order for the regime authority to continue their cruelty and brutality
and so that they could further pollute the truth. The magnitude of my mission
however is much greater than that which can be defused by injustice.
The most
important reason for this short chronicle is my eight-year-long incarceration
which according to the regime authorities themselves, has never occurred in any
other case.
Seyyed Hossein
Kazemeini-Boroujerdi
Evin Prison,
Tehran-Iran
October 2013
Translated and edited by: Banafsheh zand
Translated and edited by: Banafsheh zand
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