Mohsen Sazegara

uh uh absentia absentia you were but but the time that you were arrested there did they not prevent you from eating for 70 days where you lost 50 pounds no i i went on a hunger strike while you were in prison yeah last time that i was uh arrested you know they come to your apartment suddenly uh

uh uh absentia absentia you were but but the time that you were arrested there did they not prevent you from eating for 70 days where you lost 50 pounds no i i went on a hunger strike while you were in prison yeah last time that i was uh arrested you know they come to your apartment suddenly uh

disconnect the telephones and keep you over there and show you just a piece of paper, you are under arrest. And in that piece of paper, I saw that they have the order to arrest my son. He was a university of Tehran student. He was studying economics. My second son was in England. So if he was in Iran, I think that he was arrested too.

disconnect the telephones and keep you over there and show you just a piece of paper, you are under arrest. And in that piece of paper, I saw that they have the order to arrest my son. He was a university of Tehran student. He was studying economics. My second son was in England. So if he was in Iran, I think that he was arrested too.

But this time they searched the house for four hours everywhere to take every paper. Even the electricity bills. I said that. I told the guys that, why do you take the electricity bills? What's inside that? By the way, from that time I said that, okay, as a protest for arresting me, I go on hunger strike.

But this time they searched the house for four hours everywhere to take every paper. Even the electricity bills. I said that. I told the guys that, why do you take the electricity bills? What's inside that? By the way, from that time I said that, okay, as a protest for arresting me, I go on hunger strike.

Yeah, I wanted to... Honestly, I didn't want to be killed or to die, but I wanted to resist in front of them and have something in interrogation to bargain, because I was almost famous, and many students knew me. They arrested 800 students, including my son, with me at the same time.

Yeah, I wanted to... Honestly, I didn't want to be killed or to die, but I wanted to resist in front of them and have something in interrogation to bargain, because I was almost famous, and many students knew me. They arrested 800 students, including my son, with me at the same time.

Some of them one month like my son, some of them three months, 100 days, or some of them longer, six months.

Some of them one month like my son, some of them three months, 100 days, or some of them longer, six months.

No, no, because they knew this time and if they arrest me right now, definitely they will not be polite. If they can catch me, definitely they will kill me. But in those days, because that anyway, I was a person that came to Iran with Khomeini and I was one of the founders of IRGC. I was deputy prime minister for a while at the first decade of revolution.

No, no, because they knew this time and if they arrest me right now, definitely they will not be polite. If they can catch me, definitely they will kill me. But in those days, because that anyway, I was a person that came to Iran with Khomeini and I was one of the founders of IRGC. I was deputy prime minister for a while at the first decade of revolution.

And many of the top people in the Islamic Republic knew me. many of the members of the parliament, and many people in the society. So they knew that at last they should release me after 10 years, say. But so they didn't torture me. But some, I can't say psychological pressure, yes. For instance, one day they said that you're son is in the room.

And many of the top people in the Islamic Republic knew me. many of the members of the parliament, and many people in the society. So they knew that at last they should release me after 10 years, say. But so they didn't torture me. But some, I can't say psychological pressure, yes. For instance, one day they said that you're son is in the room.

Because you are blindfolded when they take you to interrogation and sit you in front of the wall and you can't see the room. But they said that your son is here and he has become very slim. We may release him. And they wanted to show to my son that I'm not on hunger strike.

Because you are blindfolded when they take you to interrogation and sit you in front of the wall and you can't see the room. But they said that your son is here and he has become very slim. We may release him. And they wanted to show to my son that I'm not on hunger strike.

Because I told to my wife, my wife is a doctor, when they arrested me, I told her that from now on, I go on hunger strike and announce it to the world that I'm on hunger strike and day by day count it. So they wanted to anyway, you know, say that this is... I have broken my hunger strike.

Because I told to my wife, my wife is a doctor, when they arrested me, I told her that from now on, I go on hunger strike and announce it to the world that I'm on hunger strike and day by day count it. So they wanted to anyway, you know, say that this is... I have broken my hunger strike.

So when they said that your son is in the room, I thought to myself that, okay, if I said that I'm on hunger strike, they may not release him because they will not send him out to say that my dad is not on hunger strike. And if I say send anything, And I say, no, I'm not on hunger strike. I have given a false fact to him. Anyway, I just kept silent.

So when they said that your son is in the room, I thought to myself that, okay, if I said that I'm on hunger strike, they may not release him because they will not send him out to say that my dad is not on hunger strike. And if I say send anything, And I say, no, I'm not on hunger strike. I have given a false fact to him. Anyway, I just kept silent.