Translated by:GilAvaei
Iranian women in the criminal regime,
Woman have been trapped in the history wide cultural and religion misery.
She has grown up in the man run society culture and built and re-built it and remained in the cultural backwards.
And yet could not shelter any saving approach. In this stormy life got sometimes deeply kept back and sometimes stepped forward but yet is hanged on a narrow path together with man run society culture sat on a foam of freedom
Yet the ground under her feet is soft and not stable however for her equivalence rights passing from her blood sea, yet is surrounded by man-run society ignorance and madness that could not reach the other half of sufficient acknowledge, while woman and man are two wings of humanity, will not be able to fly the humanity.
Returning to 9 years ago, paging together the history of Mrs. S. D.’s memory about women’s prison that has not been published any where.
She escaped from the Public court of Vanak by the guidance of her lawyer and some others, could get in Europe after many sufferings events.
This interview was made in 2001.
It happened in the Women block of Evin prison in 1997, after 3 days in isolation cell without food, I was taken to the interrogation, I was in isolation cell for 3 months and two guards, together, 7 times in 24 hours, raped me. I was so shocked that my all hairs got into white. I was tortured by Goodarzi and Abdolrazaghi. Then I was transferred to Women’s jail of political block number 1 of Evin prison in a room of 12 c.m. with 26 people.
The prison keepers were Ms. Akbari, manager of the women’s block, Moghiseh, Khajegan and Azadeh inside the block and Haj Rezaii was the prison director.
Parvaneh Rahimi got pregnant from jail keepers and for overcoming to her family appeal, child was killed by diverting the heating radiator on his head and broken his head in the mothers’ jail at night. The mother was injected by injection of a virus by which she got badly sick.
Maryam Golzadeh were in jail for 12 years but executed later on.
Kobra Vabasteh, 23 years old, with an unhealthy leg, worked in a company of revolutionary guards and 5 guards were raping her from back sides, when her parents got awarded of it, sued them but the innocent girl was taken to jail.
Saltanat, 26 or 27 years old, has been executed after 16 years being in jail.
A girl of 24 years old later being in jail for some months, were executed by hanging with wire rope.
The daughter of General Nasiri, Irandokht, was in jail for 20 years, she is 53 years old at the time.
One of the member of Cherik ha ye Fadaii khalgh ( gorilla Marxist organization) later 10 years being in jail, got a strange sickness, it was like what her whole body was infected.
Kajal from Democratic Party of Kurdestan, when a delegation from Islamic country came to visit prison, explained that this food, blankets, fruits, sheets are just because their visit from prison not for all the time. He showed his back to the delegation where was burned by picnic gas. This brave woman was taken for torture when the delegation left. When she was back, her wrist was replaced, even then she tear up any picture of khamenei hanged on any walls.
Naneh Aghdas, was in jail for 20 years. She was captured in Jamshid plan, she was taking care of a child whose mother was executed, she was sentenced for 6 month in jail but she helped a girl from Mojahedin to escape from the jail by garbage bags, Naneh Aghdas was in Mojahedin jail and responsible for garbage transferring.
Sheida Majd was the daughter of Khorram, she was called by her husband’s name. Before execution, her nails were taken out and her golden ring was in the hand of Mogheiseh. Her husband was executed too.
Maman Monir was in jail for 18 years.
Roya was one of the political activists and her husband too. In front of her husband was raped. Her husband suicide in the bathroom of jail and she was psycho sick too.
A lady was arrested just because of being follower of Monarchy, she is now 40 years old. In Jail, she was raped by 3 or 4 men, together, a prono film was made from it.
A lady of 44, was always being raped from back and her body was infected.
Mojgan from Shahed district of Tehran Pars was taken to jail. She was 18 years old whom husband was killed in war, she was in jail for 12 years and still is in jail. She had a child of 2 or 3 years old and one day a molla asked her for a temporary marriage but she rejected. The molla used his power to force her. One day Mojgan took molla to her home. She went to sleep her baby but in fact taking a knife from kitchen and returning in the room and attacked molla. She was taken to jail for spying charges. Now she is in jail for 12 years and of raped too. She says that if I knew that I should be raped every day, I could stay outside taking care of my child! Why here!
Fereshteh Godaz, 13 years in jail, she was 18 when arrested. Her property was expropriated. A revolutionary guard asked Fereshte’s mother that Fereshteh be given to him but she rejected. This girl after marriage and having kid was face to face with this guard who was working on the expropriated properties and his name was Ghasem Bahmani, Guard want her to divorce her husband and be with him on Islamic temporary sex rule, but Fereshteh rejected it. Later on her husband got disappeared and then found murdered by knife in Jajrood. Guard Ghasem Bahmani appeared again and expressing his interest in Fereshteh and want her to come to his office( Ghasem got promotion and get admiral rank and working with Hajii Nayeri), Ghasem intended to attack Fereshteh in his office but Fereshteh defended herself push him back, his head got hurt on and died. Now she is in jail for that 13 years and still is there.
A girl of 16 being taken to jail whose mother was married with RayShahri. One day that her mother was not home, RayShahri took the opportunity and raped her. When she talked to her mother, RayShahri denied it and her Uncle condemned her fort his and the girl is being taken to jail. She has the execution sentence. She cries every day so badly.
Maryam, scholar of sociology, 4 moths in temporary jail of police, isolation cell, was slashed together with two other ladies then was taken to Evin. Roghayeh and Zinat whom were with her, were executed
Soheila, cherik fadaii khalgh, ( follower of a Marxist organization) is in jail for 12 years. She has been raped frequently. She is graduated in university and arrested in cultural revolution.
Nastran Riahi, she has been here 3 years before I came in, she is Mojahed, despite writing regret letter, she has been executed.
Parvaneh Mozafari, her brother was paralyzed and his nails were taken out. Before Evin, she was in Karaj prison, she was hanged up on hook, she was tortured a lot. She was transferred to isolation cell. Her interrogator was AbdolRazaghi. She was in Karaj prison for 4 or 5 months. Her parents were executed. She was slaved for mollas in Evin prison ( temporary Islamic riled relation) the molla who was director of there, raping her and praying before rape!
Mojgan was 2 moths before me. She was the third year of medical university, she rejected to autopsy an executed young man of 27 who was political activist and executed, it was explained that he was fighting against Islam, but she rejected and protested to this. She has been tortured and kept in jail for that.
Ashraf and her husband Rahman, was responsible to take care of Amir Entezam in hospital. Amir Entezam disclosed what was happening in prison and gave the documents to Rahman that be taken to out of Iran. The health of Amir Entezam was very bad, after one week, Ashraf was taken to prison and Rahman escaped to UK with the documents. Amir Entezam revealed every things. Ashraf is still in prison
In Block 1, room 3, 24 people were tortured because of leaking information.
Fariba 24 years old, political armed struggle activist, was tortured very much and jailed with no sentence
Nazi’s brother got access to some documents of behind curtain secrets of war, it was about crushing of a plane with army commanders, the documents officially were stamped and sealed and these documents were in the hand of Nazi, it was clear in the documents that who ordered crushing of the plane, now her brother is in jail.
Aazam, accounting stuff, got information of billions embezzlement , 2/3 of the factory budget was got into pocket of Minister of public insurance. Aazam disclosed it, she was summoned by revolutionary court one year later and got suspended for her work and after getting lawyer and appeal to the sentence, she was taken to Evin with fort the planning against Minister of public insurance. Her daughter Maasoomeh, of 6 year old, was 3 when taken to jail, her daughter was very scared of Ms. Akbari.
Parvaneh Rostami 26 or 27 years old, was a political activist and had no sentence, tortured very severely and was in jail for 7 years.
It was the religious Zahra’s death day( Daughter of profit Mohammad )in the mosque of Evin prison so called Hossieni-ye, some of the jail mates were not in the time of returning, as well as Azar and Soheila, more than a week they have been tortured in a room in Evin. Azar was jailed for several times.
Nahid, was in Evin prison for about 15 years, her hands was paralyzed because of torture. She was 41 years old and member of Toodeh Party. She was very wise and all the time struggling( resistance). She was betrayed when delivering document and embezzlement of prison( she leaked information from prison)
Shahla 25 years old and was in prison for 3 years. Her brother was member of a political organization and executed. She went to get her brother body(Corps) but she was addressed to condemned grave yard ( it is a part of Tehran public grave yard named Condemned district). Shahla spitted and shouted. 3 guards arrested her and tortured her very severely then transferred her to the women’s blockjail. She was raped too.
Haj khanom was in Evin for 9 years and she was 52 years old. She was taking care of a baby of 8 month age. The baby’s mother was political prison and gave birth to this baby inside prison, but executed. Haj khanom’s husband was imam of a mosque and their home was in Vosoogh Sq. In Tehran. Her husband in the name if helping women, was receiving women at home and in a room raping them, by imposing Islamic temporary marriage rule. One day a pregnant woman came to their home and saying the Haj khanom’s husband is the father of her baby and he must take the responsibility. At this time, haj khanom found out how her husband is helping women. Haj khanom helped this woman to sue Imam( haj khanom’s husband) but as usual, imam was found not guilty. The woman goes to higher court to sue again, imam was present in the court too. Imam had a gun at home all the time. Haj khanom took the gun when was going to court. When the verdict was that imam is not guilty. She shot the judge and her husband. Imam was dead
Azar was 37 or 38 years old. A lonely woman with 3 kids. She was servant in Nategh Noori’s( one of the islamic authorities) house she was working there for 4 years. Nategh Noori’s second wife’s house was in Chizar Sq. One night that his wife was not at home. And her 8 years old son was in bed. Azar goes to the basement of laundry and hears the sound of groaning. She get curious and listened carefully and found out that the sound comes from behind a door where she was not allowed to go there. Azar asked: who is there?
First sound stopped then answers that we are 4 young's boy here and 4 days being tortured badly, didn,t eat any thing. Azar goes for keys but she couldn’t find it. She took out the handle of the door and from the whole of it, she gave some water through a hose and bread( the special bread so called Lavash) during this action, Nategh Noori’s son woke up and came to the basement. Azar rushed and replace the handle but forgot to tightened it from other side. The day after, the son leaked the action and Azar got prison and her 3 kids remain without care taker.
Fattaneh 22 years old from Arak( a city in center of Iran) her father was in SAVAK ( the intelligence and security organization of Shah) and was killed. Fattaneh was very beautiful. She was taken to the party of high rank authorities and she had to dance for them and at the end was given to one molla each time. One day when Fattaneh was returned to jail, she shouted in front of those who came to visit their relatives in prison and leaked all what happening, despite that she had no execution sentence, she was executed after severely tortures. In the time of execution, she was 24 and had sentence of 22 years in jail.
Homa 28 years old. From Ali Goodarz city, student of third year in university. She was with cherk ha ye fadaii khalgh, she was in isolation cell for 3 months then transferred to Evin. All of her nails was taken out and her body was tortured by a pliers. She was virgin but raped in jail.
Nayarreh was mojahed and 8 years in Evin. It was 5 or 6 months that she was transferred to Evin. She was arrested in an explosion operation, she was 18 when arrested and now 26 years old. She signed her execution sentence. On her body was signs of tortures. She was executed.
Mitra was kurd and from Sanandaj, she was in Evin more than a year before me. She had 3 kids. She had arm activity in Democrat party. She was arrested in arm conflict in Baneh. Mitra has no sentence yet but was tortured and raped severly. She had no visitors.
Sorraya was arrested for about 6 or 7 months. She was sentenced 5 years in jail. She had 2 kids. She was raped.
Robabeh was in jail for about 5 years. 32 years old and single. Graduated in university. And political activist. 4 months in isolation cell. Tortured and raped. After five years there was still sign of lashes on her body.
Sima 27 years old. She was in jail for 3 years. She was student of teachers university. And very beautiful. The first person who raped her was Haj Rezaii( prison director). She was tortured and lashed and raped by stick
Mina was about 30 years old. She was Mojahed. And judged by Haj agha Hosseini in revolutionary court. She was raped with a bottle
Seddighe was in jail for 12 years. She was from orphan house. Her mother was Mojahed and murdered in the team house of Mojahed. She was in jail for 18 years. Now she is 30
Parivash and Parisa were two sister and political activists in Amol operation named Sarbedaran. Their brother could escape. They were in prison since 1981 without any sentence. They were tortured by Amole revolutionary guards and raped. They were tortured very much. Parivash body was burned by cigarettes. The signs of burning was still on her body.
Mehri was arrested in 1991 she was high rank of cherik ha ye fadaii khalgh. Meheri was married. She was in isolation cell for one month and tortured. She lost her right eye in torture . her husband was Akbar Mohammad her cousins. Her husband was revolutionary guard and in late SAVAK office working she was leaked by her husband. She had two kids and 20 years sentence in jail
Shahla was member of cherik ha ye fadaii khalgh, 29 years old. Her brother and sister were executed. She was arrested by suspicious of exploding in Mash had and her sister were executed with this suspicion. They have cut shahla’s ear. Shahla had no sentence
It was 8 months that I was arrested in 1997 and Goli was 9 month of her arrest. Goli was a member of cherik ha ye fadaii khalgh and had execution sentence. In this period, she was severely tortured and raped. On her back was burned by kabab stick the word of Allah( God) her whole body was wounded. She was raped by stick. Goli was 26 years old.
There was a room in Evin where the women with more than 50 years of age were being jailed. They were all with prison background and mostly from Toodeh party. They were 12. their condition was so bad and painful. They were like dead moving. They could not control their urine and had sentence of life in prison. We were going to their room for helping them.
Zeinab was from Gonbad political group. She terrored the molla accompanying Khalkhali. She lost her teeth in torture. She was sentenced to execution. She was severely tortured and raped.
Farzaneh Karimi was Mojahed. 36 years old from Mash had. She was arrested with the suspecting of explosion in shrine imam reza. She was 5 years in Mash had prison and then transferred to Evin. She was there before me. Farzaneh was saying that the explosion was the work of the regime itself. She was raped in Mash had prison and her nails were taken out. She had execution sentence.
Kobra was from Zahedan and she was suspected for co-operation with arm smuggling and politic activity., she was in Sistan prison for 3 years and 8 months then transferred to Karaj, then to Evin. She was tortured very severely she looked like 30 years old. She was there one and half year before me. Around end of 1995, she was there around 7 years. There was the signs of lashes and burning on her body. She was burned by a tool like welding torch. She was raped and had sentence of 32 years in prison
Khadijeh Babaii from Karaj, was 5 or 6 month transferred to Evin, she was tortured in zir hasht( a SAVAK period torture center) she was raped.
Hajar came 7 months later, she was from Noshahr and student. From cherik ha ye fadaii khalgh, she was in Noshahr prison for one year. She was raped in Evin. She had no visitor. Her finger was broken in torture. She had no sentence
In the second room of down block 1, near to Naneh Aghdas room, there was a lady whom was in prison for 4 years. She was taken to Evin when giving birth in hospital. She was 27 years old and her husband was Mojahed and executed. There were signs of tortures on her body. The affection of hand cop was on her wrist. She was in isolation cell for 9 months and was arrested in Arash women’s hospital of Tehran Pars. She was just from giving birth bit tortured. She had no sentence
Mahsa 24 years old, student of second year in medical university. She was arrested for spreading political announcement papers in Toopkhaneh Sq. Of Tehran. She was in isolation cell more one year. She was tortured and raped. Her leg was lamed
Zohereh, mother of two kids, political activist. She was living around Jajrood. 40 years old. 6 months in isolation cell she was in isolation cell 3 months before me. She was tortured very badly and raped. She had no sentence.
Sahar Hedayati, was suspected for playing a role in prono film and was sentenced to death by stone. But it was not true. She was political activist and the interrogators and torturers made porno film with her.
What was the share of women from history! Pain, torture, that’s all! For any millimeter of freedom that she gained, she paid by her dignity and life. For earning a humane life, she is still being tortured, raped and executed by those who fed from her blood and body.
As long as the man run society is the culture of a society and not taken away, women will have no civil right equal in political power share.
As long as women give their energy uselessly and leave the battle to men because of their fear from man rudeness, women will not reach a happy time.
Not only women but also men will be affected by that and cultural corruption will be continued and having a humane, beautiful society free of corrupt culture, poverty, prostitution, defragmenter family will not be possible. Women are the triumpher of tomorrow. If they take their responsibility seriously and to treat the pain of society and break down the mystery of man run society and its criminal moolas anti women regime who is fighting against women. The political participation of women and creating of a modern regime is the only way of freedom.
Signed by: Zari Erfani
Zurich, Nov. 2006
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