Memories: 30 Years of Islamic Republic
Posted: 30 Mar 2009 03:06 PM PDT
We recently invited our readers to share a short note describing a significant aspect of their memories of the years during and after the revolution. We are sharing selected stories here and will continue publishing such memories regularly. We invite you to share your memory too; submissions may be sent to comment@iranpresswatch.org
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One woman [at a meeting years later] described walking to Turkey from Iran with her small children after her business was closed and she was threatened with prison (she was saved by a kindly Muslim neighbor who warned her). She nearly died from lack of water during her journey.
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[At the same meeting] a young man was with us who had entered prison with his Baha'i family as a baby and wasn't released until he was five years old. Many remain reluctant to speak of losing their country, homes, possessions, and livelihoods, because they consider it unworthy to mention! Such is the nature of the Iranian Baha'is who are my companions. Their only crime was membership in the Baha'i Faith. We must work to tell these stories before it is too late.
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