Honesty in narrative

Memories of Ezat Shahi (Motahari)
• Editor: Mohsen Kazemi
• Publisher: company of publications Sooreh Mehr, First Edition, 1385, Pages: 862
In recent years, the publication of parts of the political documents and records and political files of the Savak on activists, organizations, political parties and political figures and dignitaries, military and security regime by the Ministry of Information and publication of memories of prisons and political condemned of regime inside and outside of country, abundant unknown dimensions of origin and activity of groups, political- military fighters and organizations and their yield and harshness and cruelty of king regime in suppression of fighters and create an palpitation atmosphere in society and silence and inattentive of assemblies and defenders of freedom and human rights organizations to expose and evaluate its readers.
This works, especially memories of political prisoners under the Shah, the last generation-especially political activists who have been more or less self-control regime brutality and atrocity-as well as the recognition of small and medium now- generation of performance security devices it referred the regime critical looks and fortunately they have met with great welcome.
However, goals, intentions, attitudes, evaluations and conclusions of all the diaries, the political and military struggle against the regime of the Shah's security and performance are not the same. Many of which are more or less mixed with exaggeration or hyperbole and false statements to denounce the Shah's regime, and with an emphasis on truth, innocence and its leadership or group, party or its organization and political equations of the year and sought to exonerate itself from the political and ideological deviations and weaknesses and interrogation scandal and accusations and revelations against political opponents and their own ideological.
Characteristics and the importance of "Ezat Shahi memoirs," which was published two years ago and has published five times, in the words of the narrator and the importance of honesty and credibility extensive documentation that provides editor carefully and painstakingly.
Book, sad story and struggles of adolescence in 1339 at age 14 from a family of craftsmen, religious and poor comes alone Khansar to Tehran with workers and then abandoning the study and apprenticeship in the market, political circles the religious way and the political events of those years, "riot of provincial associations" and "uprising of 15 Khordad" and with some members of the "Coalition missions", "Islamic Nations Party" and "Hezbollah" get acquainted and Their cooperation and the political-military groups and the distribution of pamphlets and leaflets his hidden Imam Khomeini regime's harassment and SAVAK and repeatedly summoned several times to escape from the hands of officials.
In 1350 to join the Mojahedin khalgh continues its secret life and the legitimacy and recognition that the revolutionary merchants, Features a lot of money, arms, are two of the most effective members of the organization, and with it, is intimately familiar And orders and missions organization runs horn And finally at 5 Persian date Esfand 1351 due to the leak as they flee, the security agent fired from two feet to be closed and Police transferred him to the hospital. After regaining consciousness, he immediately interrogated with torture in prison goes Committee and with faith and skillfully, only less valuable information to investigators that burned. SAVAK that knew he had valuable information, often tortured him to death. And he forced his to commit suicide several times. . He persistent and steadfast in the face of interrogators and prison appear Committee And even a full confession of weakness evident in the years following the effective members and their collaboration with SAVAK wouldn’t be that determination against so bloodthirsty and hangman SAVAK interrogators will be broken.
Shahi eventually sentenced to 15 years in prison and serving a prison sentence in Evin prison and the palace. The period for most of those, primitive era of physical and mental torture and spend the days of sentence through study, discussion, exercise, etc., for the period of tension, anxiety and political conflicts and ideological divisions. On the one hand, due to the occasional arrest new people and leaking untold information, summons, interrogation, and torture many times in committee and on the other hand, power and narrow, lies and slander spread common among prisoners, especially the Marxist leaders and large groups of members in and out of prison and to create divisions and clear lines between religious prisoners ... and finally political boycott critics of the organization, including she-who had a brilliant record in activity and resistance SAVAK As the sickly spirit of resistance that has the desire to return to live in that environment committee terrible and anxious, narrow and dark cell on the environment of discord, deceit and trickery prefers. But he has to put one hand on the inequities and still be silent snap to SAVAK and the other doesn’t exploit the fight against the regime won’t be forgotten.
With wind political freedoms between 56 and 57 and expanding popular protests in the country, the Shah's regime, under pressure of public opinion inside and outside the country and to curb violence, torture in prisons and political prisoners behavioral stop Soft and the light at the end of the year and then start to release 55 political prisoners the group's record. The action begins as prominent leaders and members of political parties, organizations and political parties, a clear analysis of objectives and actions to discredit and blame cynical regime and they released them. The continued release of prisoners collectively, eventually the leaders of the political groups and also against their goal, they are released.
The other part of the memories of Ezat Shahi, to continue their activities and other political parties and groups, in particular the People's Mojahedin Organization in the aftermath of the revolution. He has a complete understanding of the Mojahedin leaders, after the revolution, activity leaders carefully monitored because not the least doubt that the analysis of the Islamic Revolution and its leadership, and on the other hand, with abundant material resources, human and military gained after the revolution, the new system seeks to overthrow the Islamic Republic and to seize power in the near future. Therefore, the central committee of the Islamic Revolution and Iranian Revolutionary Guards with a few sincere and loyal to the revolution, responsible for security in the city and the struggle against counterrevolution and subversive political groups are responsible. Notes and repeated his emphasis to the Chairman and other senior officials of the Mojahedin Khalgh at conspiracy imminent military action against the regime, not its result, and he watched with great bitterness of the painful events such as the explosion of the Islamic Republic Party, Prime Minister's Office and sits that was predictable.
Ezat Shahi despite the high esteem neglect and lack of cooperation from other devices, managed to capture some of the factors contributing to the overthrow of the Shah and is also an active member groups.
He has managed these actions with minimal human and material resources and with great devotion and love for himself and his colleagues carried out In years 61 and 62, a change in management at the central committee with a lot of administrative formalities and abundant human and material resources associated with the revolutionary spirit he and his colleagues are not compatible. So after a short time (in the middle of 62) serving on committees and to the general public service to always says left without jobs and a future for their consideration And while the bread needs, stay at home and to live in a friend's shop to pay.
Part of the memoirs of Ezat Shahi, to evaluate the performance of Islamic and leftist political groups and organizations devoted considerable country is abundant. She briefly, ideology, strategy, organization, tactics, programs, operations, organizational behavior, psychology, leadership and leadership communication with its members and with other groups and prison officials, as well as its position in the political developments inside and outside the prison, explains. His speech on Islamic groups, particularly Mojahedin khalgh, because he has great political attraction and loyalty of members and supporters of the center and its leadership is aware inside and outside the prison.
According to, Mojahedin Khalgh, organizational and ideological front and not simply "struggle" was originality. The organization, America's main enemy of imperialism and the next enemy regime and the petty bourgeoisie (the market) and reaction (clergy) were considered enemies of the future. The General analysis before and after the revolution, the group was in power, but because of the time required material assistance and political support of the clergy could see the market, it is obvious struggle with the two priority his wasn’t.
From this perspective, ideological members to leaders, from the beginning it didn’t matter, so members of the Muslim members of the first Marxist organizations worked together and also the leadership was aware. According to Shahi, the uptake of Marxist leadership and orientation associated with the political-military Marxist guerrilla organization devoted to specific Fadaiye Khalgh, their sense of inferiority against it. The ideological foundations of leadership, strategy, tactics and organization, consciously and unconsciously, influenced by Marxist currents. Marxism is by and "Fight Science" knew that every political-military organization, it should be equipped.
Regardless of the religious interests of some leaders and many members of the organization to explain the physical interpretation of ideology, strategy and tactics, the use of religious symbols and literature, the Mojahedin Khalq Organization, a Marxist organization and is strongly influenced by the organization in contrast, not only to members of their own faith and the cost of necessary and important responsibilities was not versed in law, but with different headlines and political stigma to be put down.
Although it’s true analysis of Ezat Shahi from the organization Mojahedin Khalgh but in need of complement for the following:
A) political intellectual discourse in the 40s and 50 solar (60 and 70 AD) in the world, was left discourse and slogans such as intellectual mission, progressivism, liberalism and support of the oppressed peoples, mainly from the standpoint of Marxism and by the parties If the dependence of political and ideological opinions were left or not left, leftist opponents were advocating.
B) In the 40s and 50 solar (60 and 70 AD) and anti-imperialist liberation several armed movements in Latin America took place that was influenced by the nascent Cuban Revolution. China's peasant before the communist revolution came to power and armed struggle of liberation and anti-Americanism in Vietnam and Cambodia, with the support of the vast Soviet system and China continued.
Political and military fighters left that emerged in the 40s and 50 in Iran, were heavily influenced by the Cuban revolution and armed movements in Latin America and the Chinese revolution had left and translating its theory on strategy and tactics of mass struggle respectively. The leaders of the political-military organization, understand the community's own social and political upheavals of the past and present did not affect the movement and the armed movement in the country which had virtually collapsed after a few years and not the least gained popular support. The Fadaian khalgh leadership in the second half of the 50s, after numerous blows SAVAK, the political struggle on the strategy.
Mojahedin Khalgh-as Ezat Shahi pointed out of hard-hit after the September 50 regime was on the verge of collapse, and to declare its existence and survival, inevitably to armed actions, such as the Fedayeen were created. However, because many of the organization Islamic symbols and political and material support of the clergy and the market had a significant popular base, but with the ideological shift (apostasy) in 54 years suddenly lost its base and crushing blows Savak, the organization brought to the brink of collapse.
Secrecy and lack of open communication and active organization and its members with the external environment, including community leaders and Muslim political thinkers, Self-led, self-esteem and false theories and ad hoc political and social conditions of society and the illusion of political leadership in the organization. Finally, political instability and military and ideological shift, causing confusion, uncertainty and cuts many members of the organization was to continue the fight.
C) It is true that the Mojahedin Khalgh for the reasons stated above, before the apostasy, the base was popular, but shouldn’t contribute a doctor Shariati's teachings on the youth, especially Muslim students, the organization.
Doctor Shariati by changing the religious discourse and mining and refining elements of the revolutionary life and culture of Shiite religious consciousness and revolutionary enthusiasm and great faith in the country, especially among the younger generation, according to the deceased doctor brought religious respect, none of the contemporary Muslim thinkers have failed to achieve such success. Although the law creating the ideal doctor-Islamic political and cultural movement by the return of cultural self-conscious and create a cultural renaissance in society, but a large group of protégés, he hopes to create a utopian society joined with the Mojahedin Khalgh.
It is interesting that the Mojahedin khalgh, due to its governing intellectual dogmatism, organizational discipline, hard, narrow and self-centered leaders, doctor knew the law and the study of his great rival for the organization was boycotted. Scientific critique of Marxism doctor Shariati and his criticism of religious leader opportunities Algeria revolution in political power, including his criticism of the Mojahedin Khalgh was unacceptable!
Apart from the above, there are some mistakes, mainly verbal expression of some issues, including:
1. Page 561, line 12, after it is written: "When from Shariati a few articles about the return to self" was published in the Kayhan newspaper, Mojahedin Khalgh, labor Shariati and complicity with the regime knew. Since the texts of these articles against the communist regime has affinity with him and his articles have been published. “This article, "Man, Islam and the West schools" was the name of Islam and Marxism had paid to aspects of conflict.
2. Page 551 states: "The Organization [Mojahedin Khalgh] after being officially announced that pursuant to Marxist ideology, carried out several operations. Perhaps most important, the assassination of Col. Shaffer and Capt. Turner (American advisors) and after the assassination of Brigadier Zandipour that in both these operations would say that we were Marxists, after we found the possibility of such things ... "In this respect, not just because of the assassination of two American colonel on May 31 1352 and 26 Persian date Esfand 1353 assassination of Brigadier General Zandipour occurred while the official announcement of the change of ideology, organization, published a pamphlet of "ideological." In the Persian date Shahrivar 1354 and beyond, a clear sign of the ideological shift there.
2. Page 549, the last two lines, "Khalil al-Faqih Dezfooli ... in the conflict had been arrested, brother of Galilee was a fugitive." Dezfooli Khalil was arrested in the clashes, but surrendered to police and Galilee escape, but in was arrested during military service.
4. Page 544: "About the escape Reza Rezaei also some suspicion that they told their story and his plan with maps and cooperation Savak Savak had to do this. But I do not accept it and died in the spring of 1352 in a clash with SAVAK, the biggest reason behind this thinking is wrong. "Of course, these two things are not incompatible. May Reza Rezaei to gather and organize the scattered members of the organization, SAVAK prison tactical cooperation and trust with them, temporarily released from prison and has continued its activities.
As noted above, other important books, the last of the great information and honest narrator, extensive footnotes, accurate and unbiased as editor through the decades as books, newspapers, records and interviews SAVAK person with other prisoners. Surrounded by the editor to detail the events, in such a way as if along with the narrator, the story appeared. However, there are some minor bug that is hoped to be resolved in the next edition:
1. Page 571: "He (the law) in Shahrivar 1347 book" Muhammad Seal of the Prophets "released" this book, Proceedings of the country's leading writers, including the doctor who proposed the law and under the supervision Motahari it is done.
2. Page 571: "Shariati seasons speeches against some Clergymen, including Hjj Islam and faced philosophical." That said, not because of Islam and the Muslim philosophical argument as stated in his memoirs After creating skepticism among some scholars and Clergymen to the doctor Shariati, he worked hard to overcome the skepticism of the gaps and to prevent the misuse of SAVAK. SAVAK documents also confirms this view (see "Hojjat al-Eslam memories and philosophical struggles, first edition, p. 304 and 305".
3- The 386 written and Mohsen Ali Afrakhteh in 54/11/3 54/11/4 blackouts were executed in while both were executed along with several others in 54/11/4.
4. Page 571, line 15, instead of "human, Islamic and Western philosophy" should be written: "Man, Islam and the West schools."
5. Page 637, line 4; It should be written high college instead of elementary college.
6. Page 431, line 12, the end seems institute called "Institute of Technology" in 1345 didn’t exist.