In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
«Our Lord! Forgive us and our brothers who preceded us in faith and put Thou not into our hearts any rancour towards those who believe. » The Holy Quran, (59:10)
Praise be to the great Leader of .the Islamic Revolution and the valiant and heroic Ummah and salutations to the martyrs and brave warriors in the battle of truth against falsehood.
Thanking the responsible authorities of the Islamic Revolutionary Prosecutor, Tehran, as well as the T.V. Corporation of the Islamic Republic of Iran, we begin the first session on the confessions of the Evin prisoners.
Before introducing the participants, the majority of whom are among the former members and responsible authorities of the terrorist group of hypocrites (Mujahideen Khalq Organization), I consider it necessary, as a spokesman of those present, to begin with an introduction. In this introduction, we will deal with the subject, programs and methods of operation and the motives and goals for arranging and participating in these sessions. In other words, in the first session, we will refer to those issues which the television viewers of the Islamic Republic might ask.
To begin with, we must note that these sessions have been held for a continuous period of the last two years in the Hussainiyyeh named after Martyr Kachu'i of Evin prison, during which, various arrested members and staff of these counterrevolutionary group, have discussed their activities in the presence of the other prisoners.
However, the subject of our discussion will be mainly confined to the disclosure of the lines, operations and positions of the hypocrites' Organization since the victory of the Islamic Revolution up to now. We intend to expose the true visage and nature of this Organization as it is and has been, by studying these facts from different angles. We shall at first introduce ourselves, after which we shall discuss some of the questions which have been compiled in the last two months. Once this done, God Willing, we shall devote our attention to the remaining questions and answers in the ensuing sessions. These series of conversation will be recorded and filmed by the Television Corporation and will help to throw light upon the hypocrites' Organization's true nature and activities.
The method followed as you will see, will be different from the usual programs broadcast so far by the mass media. While we will answer the questions raised by our brother and sister prisoners, our attention will be mostly devoted to disclosures, based on live, clear and explicit pieces of evidence, accompanied naturally, by analyses. We emphasize herewith, that careful attention should be paid to the instructive and analytical aspects of these conversational series.
As for our motive in participating in these sessions, we must first give a general picture of the alignment of the forces from our view point and understanding.
Undoubtedly, the position of the Islamic Republic of Iran in relation to the Imperialist World is similar to the position of the Islamic forces in relation to the infidel forces in the «Battle of Khandaq», about which the Holy Prophet of Islam had said: «In this battle, all the believers confronted all the atheists. »
In the 'Battle of Khandaq', a roaring stream of the pure, chaste, young, honest blood of the loyal friends of Islam and the Revolution flowed in order to establish the Divine Order in society, suppress oppressors and destroy the existing system, so as to prepare the ground for the world government of Imam Mahdi. May God expedite his appearance.
The opponents of the Islamic Revolution and the Islamic Republic, namely, the whole arrogant world and all their media and press, are violently involved in this conflict. Day and night, they try to extinguish this burning torch in our region and in the world by means of lies, accusations and rumours.
The propagative and armed conflicts of the enemy, both eastern and western, are extensive in this region. Iraq, as the agent of the imposed war, terrorists, hypocrites, Zionists and other counterrevolutionary groups, who are the tools and fire-kindlers of the propaganda arena of the imperialists, have all joined hands for the same purpose. And yet we see that with the Will of God, with the personal blessings of the Imam and the presence of millions of people on the scene, this Revolution continues to blossom daily and the super-criminals, their dependent governments and groups are being increasingly disgraced among the deprived and oppressed people of the world.
Now we will specify our place in this general picture which we gave of the position and alignment of the forces, and show the motives for severing our relations with the hypocrites and for turning to the Islamic Republic.
At the time of our arrest, we were given the opportunity for a total ideological transformation where we could reflect freely and make conscious choices.
We should have faced reality right from the beginning, the reality which showed our past collaboration with the terroristic, anti-Islamic, anti-human and dependent (upon foreigners) surge. We clearly realized 'how we have been feeding water to the imperialist's mill. We understood how our ideas and conclusions had been alien to the facts and realities of the revolutionary and changing society of Iran.
When we were freed of the solidified reactionary framework of the Organization, we felt and realized what great crimes we had committed, how we had acted as agents for evil and wicked purposes, and how hateful our conducts and actions had been to a society which we could not understand.
The idea of severing our relations with the hypocrites not only occurred to us in prison, but we had also considered it when we formed part of the organs and forces of the Organization outside prison. This idea of severing relations was not confined to the group of hypocrites, but was true of all counterrevolutionary groups: We witnessed the treason, crimes, duplicities and contradictions in their analyses, statements and acts, as well as their alliances with counterrevolutionary elements, in collaboration and agreement with the Zionist-Ba'athist regime of Iraq, and in the ridiculous propaganda, intrigues and ignomity within the Organization itself. We reviewed our experiences and ideas which we did not or could not previously reflect upon.
Some of these facts had become clear and understandable to us through newly arrested prisoners and even through the recent publications of the hypocrites themselves. Our knowledge and awareness of these facts on the one hand, and our instructive and constructive contacts with the responsible authorities of the prison and Islamic Revolutionary Courts, on the other hand, directed us to consciously choose a new way. It is due to this radical I transformation within us that we expose our hypocritical acts, we confess to the people whatever we had committed against them, and declare our severance with the past. Of course, our turning to the Islamic Republic is a long story in itself which we are not going to explain now.
Moreover, we noticed that the remaining members of the Organization of the hypocrites, after their flight from Iran and after having taken refuge with imperialists abroad, tried to make use of each of us,
prisoners, for their propaganda and thereby secure some prestige for themselves. This abuse of propaganda fortified our motive to repay the debt which weighed heavily on our shoulders and thus we were insistent in requesting that these programs be recorded and broadcast by the Television Corporation of the Islamic Republic.
Concerning our objective, the above motive shows that, in the first place, we will try to make Rajavi and his colleagues realize that we prisoners, who had formerly shouldered the main load of the administration and terroristic operations of the Organization at home, now, have no points in common with him or his masters. These inwardly blind men should know that if in the past, we committed every kind of crime in connection with the Organization; it was because a certain degree of humanity and nationalism was observed in the slogans and appearances of our Organization. Now that the Organization has smeared its arms up to elbows with the blood of the defenceless people of Iranian towns and villages, has hurriedly and helplessly trampled upon former apparent claims and has openly collaborated with the Zionist-Ba'athist regime of Iraq and with reactionary governments and imperialists, how can we and other members and supporters within and outside prison, consider ourselves loyal to that hellish Organization? How can we gladden the hearts of tyrants and plunderers by our isolation and indifference to the crimes already committed?
The second objective is to check the present fraud and deceit of the hypocrites abroad. Since Iranian students and other Iranians residing abroad may be sufficiently be influenced and deviated by their propaganda and deceits, we will try to expose the real essence of the Organization's propaganda and offer our dear compatriots the necessary knowledge and realization to enable them to avoid being deceived by the false attractions of the hypocrites' propaganda.
Thirdly, we wish to make a last plea to those who have still preserved their ties with this Organization, namely those members and supporters who out of their past emotional ties with the Organization have been forced to self-censure, and have deprived themselves of the spirit of free thought and conscious choice. Obviously, we are not addressing the inwardly blind leaders of the hypocrites, for with their pseudo claims of peace- seeking they have committed the greatest crimes in history. So they can never abandon their inherent enmity with Islam, the Revolution and the people.
With all this evidence, if even a single person can attain a new and chaste life, it will be sufficient for us. Even if one single person finds a new life through these sessions, it will be as if the whole humanity had found a new life. The view that I am expressing, of course, is that of the Islamic Republic and the revolutionary school of Islam which considers its principal duty and responsibility to be the re-education of human beings. In practice too, it provides us with its possibilities so that those who deserve guidance may be guided and given a last chance. Indeed, if we consider the matter otherwise, we see that the hypocrites have no such importance in society so as to make it necessary for the T.V. Corporation of the Islamic Republic to devote its time to survey their position and activities in the past to such an extent. Moreover, if some activity is occasionally undertaken by the hypocrites, it is nothing but ostentation, and it can definitely be said that the hypocrites are no longer a serious threat to the Islamic Republic, especially since in the last two years, they have been receiving deadly blows from the hezbollah Ummah and have been greatly dispersed at home.
Another point that we should consider is that broadcasting of this program will enable the Muslim and revolutionary people of Iran to understand the depths of the wicked deeds of the hypocrites. They will then realize the worth and value of their constant presence on the scene and the determining result of their obedience to the exalted Imam. They will easily discover their decisive role in the preservation and continuity of the Revolution and the annihilation of the hypocrites.
So far, we have spoken of the content and program of these conversations as well as our motive and objective in participating in them. It would not be out of place to refer to two more points.
Firstly, the outcast group of hypocrites will retaliate with the broadcasting of these conversations, declaring them null or will ignore the stated facts and exposed documents of these sessions, so as to continue their deceitful objective.
This is of course, not beyond our expectations. This has always been the way of all hypocrites and congealers of truth in history. They will never provide and will never have an answer to any of the questions which we shall raise here, and will never even refer to the answers we give here. They will prefer to repeat their well-known refrains, like: « Yes, the sessions had been arranged under pressure and very severe conditions, fear and threats and other useless justification. Of course, their old refrains can no more be effective as far as we are concerned. Again, «These individuals have severed their relations and they fear death. » Such statements and justifications will instead damage even more their already bad reputation. Even if they accept this humility, it is of no importance to us. We have already declared in this introduction that we have severed our relations with the hypocrites and have turned to the Islamic Republic. We feel proud of that severance and this conversion.
We do not claim to have joined the Islamic Republic, for there is a long way between turning to and joining with. When we see the powerful and firm leadership of the Imam, the chastity of the leaders and authorities of the Islamic Republic, and our Islamic encounters with these brother guards in the prison, we realize how far we are from joining these Islamic people and the Republic. As for our fear to die as we stated, the hypocrites will say nothing since they know that. most of us have resolutely attempted to commit suicide at the time of our arrests, and in many cases we daily faced this alternative even before being arrested.
In connection with another matter, I must emphasize that we, who are here on our own, consider ourselves innocent of the crimes and treasons committed by the Organization. We do not deny the part we have played in furthering the evil objectives of the leaders of this Organization. We have no intention of sanctifying ourselves for we have had responsibilities in the fields of organization, communication, operation, preparation and other tasks, each one according to his own position.
« Yet I claim not that my soul was innocent surely the soul of human beings incites to evil-except in as much as my Lord had mercy.» The Holy Quran, (12:53) (... Who so slays a soul not for corruption done in the land shall be as if he had slain mankind altogether. » The Holy Quran, (5:32)
We must, in complete shame, confess that in the record of most of our deeds, there are many cases of such murders, either directly or indirectly. But while we have no intention of acquitting ourselves, we desire to take at least one true step towards this Revolution and its exalted leader, and in return for the various blows we have dealt to this Revolution, at last pay a little of the heavy debt we owe the people. We have decided in these sessions to disclose the treacherous role of the Organization whose goals we have followed before.
We hope that God will have mercy on us on the Day of Resurrection and treat us justly. After this introduction and before beginning the discussions, we will introduce ourselves one by one.
