Mohsen Sazegara

By the way, the members of MKO, Mujahideen-e-Khalq, and communist prisoners, were massacred in Iran prisons in 1988 and several others. He made big mistakes. You know, this is how despotism works. He became a despot. And I think that I can say three big mistakes while he was at the top for 10 years, then he passed away.

By the way, the members of MKO, Mujahideen-e-Khalq, and communist prisoners, were massacred in Iran prisons in 1988 and several others. He made big mistakes. You know, this is how despotism works. He became a despot. And I think that I can say three big mistakes while he was at the top for 10 years, then he passed away.

First was hostage-taking, supporting the students who attacked the American embassy. Instead of kicking them out of the embassy, He supported them for hostage-taking, and that was against any international regulation, and changed, you know, started a fight with the U.S. that is still going on. And second, the war between Iran and Iraq.

First was hostage-taking, supporting the students who attacked the American embassy. Instead of kicking them out of the embassy, He supported them for hostage-taking, and that was against any international regulation, and changed, you know, started a fight with the U.S. that is still going on. And second, the war between Iran and Iraq.

Although Saddam attacked to Iran, but after one year and a half, he succeeded to kick his forces out of Iran. and liberate our lands. That was the time that he could go for a peace, ceasefire. But he continued the war six years and half more. And we lost 235,000 more lives in the second period of the war. At the first period, we lost about 30,000 lives and we liberated our lands. But

Although Saddam attacked to Iran, but after one year and a half, he succeeded to kick his forces out of Iran. and liberate our lands. That was the time that he could go for a peace, ceasefire. But he continued the war six years and half more. And we lost 235,000 more lives in the second period of the war. At the first period, we lost about 30,000 lives and we liberated our lands. But

At the second part, he continued a useless war. And third is that massacre in prisons and suppressing the opposition very brutally. I can say that leftists of Iran, communists and other leftists and other groups, actually were massacred by the hands of Khomeini and the Islamists who took power.

At the second part, he continued a useless war. And third is that massacre in prisons and suppressing the opposition very brutally. I can say that leftists of Iran, communists and other leftists and other groups, actually were massacred by the hands of Khomeini and the Islamists who took power.

Yeah, like IRGC, I can say that this IRGC is not that IRGC that we thought that we are creating something in the benefit of the people and defending the country.

Yeah, like IRGC, I can say that this IRGC is not that IRGC that we thought that we are creating something in the benefit of the people and defending the country.

Yes. I can say that first time that I found out that something is wrong. It's not what we wanted, right? You know, at the first two years of Victory of Revolution, I was so busy with the country and, you know, bomb blasting in prime minister office, for instance, by MKO. I was working with Rajoy, the prime minister, and he became president. But after two, three years, I went to industries of Iran.

Yes. I can say that first time that I found out that something is wrong. It's not what we wanted, right? You know, at the first two years of Victory of Revolution, I was so busy with the country and, you know, bomb blasting in prime minister office, for instance, by MKO. I was working with Rajoy, the prime minister, and he became president. But after two, three years, I went to industries of Iran.

I became head of IDRO, Industrial Development and Renovation Organization, the biggest industrial complex of Iran, owned 140 huge manufacturing companies. In industries of Iran, that was 1982 and 1983, for the first time I found out that, okay, this is not what we wanted.

I became head of IDRO, Industrial Development and Renovation Organization, the biggest industrial complex of Iran, owned 140 huge manufacturing companies. In industries of Iran, that was 1982 and 1983, for the first time I found out that, okay, this is not what we wanted.

We didn't expect, we didn't know, better to say, we didn't know that a revolution is how wild, how wild is a revolution and brutality in the nature of revolutions, especially an Islamic revolution that thinks that... It's the hand of the God. So they can put themselves in the sight of God and do whatever they want and do any crime. So on 1983, 1984, I resigned from my position. Yeah.

We didn't expect, we didn't know, better to say, we didn't know that a revolution is how wild, how wild is a revolution and brutality in the nature of revolutions, especially an Islamic revolution that thinks that... It's the hand of the God. So they can put themselves in the sight of God and do whatever they want and do any crime. So on 1983, 1984, I resigned from my position. Yeah.

And resigned from what? Resigned from IRGC? No, no. IRGC, I left it after three months. Five months, yeah. From Industries of Iran. I was head of IDRO. And promised to myself that I should re-study, re-read the books of the founders of this revolution to see what we wanted, why we were against Shah, and why it's going in this way.

And resigned from what? Resigned from IRGC? No, no. IRGC, I left it after three months. Five months, yeah. From Industries of Iran. I was head of IDRO. And promised to myself that I should re-study, re-read the books of the founders of this revolution to see what we wanted, why we were against Shah, and why it's going in this way.

It took about a year that at last I resigned and started to reread. The first book that I reread was Khomeini's book about the rulership of the faqih. This time I was 30 years old. Now I was, you know, not an emotional young revolutionary, leftist young revolutionary. You are or you're not? When I was 30 years old. You are. I was not. You were not. No.

It took about a year that at last I resigned and started to reread. The first book that I reread was Khomeini's book about the rulership of the faqih. This time I was 30 years old. Now I was, you know, not an emotional young revolutionary, leftist young revolutionary. You are or you're not? When I was 30 years old. You are. I was not. You were not. No.