Manoucher Avaznia

Ebi Jaan; I thank you. 

Ebi Jaan;

I thank you.  I strongly believe having hope and faith are the main factors that can give meaning to life, especially in these days that most of us see Dasht'e Karbala only.  Let's do not forget:

Shaadmaanee Saaree'st.

Souri Jaan;    I

Souri Jaan; 

I heartily appreciate your trust, however I never appove unconditional trust.  Nevertheless, I should say that Mr. Mesdaaghee is not a follower of Mojahedeen any more.  In many instances in his work he criticizes the Mojahedeen's, especially its leadership's, unrealistic appraoch to matters.  He shows many instances of baseless claims of those who had written about prisons and executions.  That appraoch is, also, directed towards almost a dozen of written politcal prisoners' memoirs.  Realism is the heart of his work.  In his writings, he follows that end as much as he can.  His work, in me belief, is among very few books in this field that stays far from propaganda.   

Thank you

You are great ! Thanks for this intensive information. I will do more researches about Mr. Mesdaghi's, although I do not approve Mojahedeen's and their leaders (specially the leaders) but I believe in you, so I believe you should be right about this person.

Manucher Aziz.

your poem was like a mirror,in which I saw Khaavaraan again!

Sepaas

No blame

Souri Jaan;

Iraj Mesdaaghee is not a poet.  He is an ex-political prisoner who spent ten years of his life in prison after the suppressions of 1360.  As a follower of the Mojahedeen Khalaq he was arrested.  Several years ago he published his prison memoirs, in Farsi, that is about seventeen hundred pages long.  What makes Mr. Mesdaaghee's work outstanding is his critical look at the works of prison memoir writers and political organizations which were involoved in the campaign, however he has stunned many people with his sharp memory.  Sometimes, Iranian.com has put some portions of his work on its web.  You can find information about him on Iranian.com.  A friend of mine, who as a matter of fact is a materialist and was a political prisoner himself, had met him in Toronto.  He told me: "I told him if you write the next volume of your work about Mojahedeen Khalgh, I believe that you are Khatam-o Nabee'een, and I will follow you".  I heard that Mesdaaghee, also, has published a book of poems of prison that is a collection of what he had either memorized or had been able to smuggle out of prisons of Evin, Gohar Dasht, and Ghezel Hasaar where he has spent his prison term.  I beleive the correct spelling of his name is Iraj Mesdaghi.  What is mentioned in this poem as some hints to date stone, Khavaraan, and taaboot and the like are somehow his memories in prison and the burial places of the victims of the mass executions of Mordaad and Shareevar of 1367 after the implementation of seize fire between Iran and Iraq. 

Shame on me....

I don't know Iraj Mesdaghee. who is that great poet, you mentioned ?

Would you please give a short resumé about his life and his works ?

Is it possible for you ? Thanks.

Thanks

Souri Jaan;

It is so nice to hear from you again.  Besides the inspirations from those whom you mentioned, also, it is an amalgamation of Sohraab's way of putting comcepts in writing with others'.  The greatest portion of it, however, is under the direct influence of Iraj Mesdaaghee's four volume prison memoirs.  Indeed, this work was conceived the day that I concluded reading Mr. Mesdaaghee's work almost a couple of years ago.

Beautiful !

Dear Manouchehr

Thanks for this beautiful piece, with the fine inspiration from Mossadeg's poem

I loved your poem. It remind me also of   M. Omid Akhavan Sales   who  said                 
                          

زندگی یعنی هیاهو

زندگی یعنی تکاپو

زندگی یعنی شب نو  روز نو  اندیشهٔ نو

زندگی حتی نباید یک دم از جنبش بماند 

گر چه این جنبش برای مقصدی بیهوده باشد !

I'm simply grateful