I kept writing and deleting.Nothing seems to come out the way I want it. Since I am dedicating my first blog to my good friend Kamran Lotfi who was executed on April 9th 1984. That is all we know .
I was a newly married young woman when I met him ,he was a little older than me and my husband ,but we became good friends with him and his wife and his 2 year old son.
So many nights we would be playing,laughing and arguing about his religion.He would never give up and it used to annoy me.But I liked his sense of humor.He was such a dedicated father and husband.He talked a lot, all the time an extrovert,unlike most Engineers (he was a mechanical engineer).To summerize it ,he was all life and laughter and dedication.
One day my husband went to have an afternoon visit with him. He came back shortly ,looking like he has seen devil.I asked what happened , he said, “they took Kamran”.We knew that darkness has taken him.
I can not remember the rest,days were the same and connected to each other.We were all so heart broken.I am not going to write about his beautiful wife and adorable son,since this is their story to tell.
All we heard that he was killed on April 9th, and life has changed for his family and friends.
Many years later, I was at a gathering and a man who just came from Iran was talking about this brave young Bahai man who did not give up under severe tourture,and stood up and did not recant his faith.I asked who he was and he said Kamran Lotfi.My heart dropped so finally we were hearing what happened to him.I could not believe that it was our Kamran who was able to tolerate such crulty and sacrifice his life and the life that he could have with his wife and son, for his belief.
Then I remembered that he was always this way ,standing up for what he believed.This time he stood up to the end.
I will always remember him ,until the end and will learn from him in standing up for what I believe.
The following link ,takes you to see a sketch of him and a little information,regarding his case:
http://www.abfiran.org/english/person–3455.php
Lets listen to this video and remember him ,on the night of his flight to God.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUDiuAmXPOw
Tahirih
