One month after freedom from ACC Ali Reza Sepassi Ashtiani came to visit me. I had a long friendship with him since my presence in INP and Hezbollah group. When Hezbollah merged in MKO (Mujahidin Khalq Organization)[1], he officially became member of this organization and began a secret life. His visits in our house continued. He began political and religious discussions in these visits. At first he would talk about MKO positions and ideals indirectly but later he openly expressed the ideas, activities and strategies of this organization and invited me to join it but I did not accept.
Gradually he showed more interest in me and tried to make believe he was agreed with my ideas. He would say his prayers on time and in public prayers he would follow me. He would use Islamic words and phrases, Koranic verses and sentences by holy prophet Mohammad (PBUH) in his talking. I knew this organization’s thoughts, ideology and fighting strategy completely since I knew many of its members in my previous prison experiences.
Ali Reza continued talking about Islamic and revolutionary ideals of MKO and its high goals. He would argue that I had reached to a condition that I was forced to choose secret life in order to achieve MKO security support. After long discussions and hesitation and considering the SAVAK increasing pressure for my life and work, I thought more seriously about Sepassi’s suggestion and finally I accepted to have restricted cooperation with MKO.
From that day on, Sepassi began theoretical and ideological negotiations with my wife and mother-in-law.
Fatima was pregnant at that time be she would take part in these discussions eagerly. She was so young and low in experience but ideologically grown and her marriage with me, somebody who had political imprisonment background, was a poof for this claim.
Although I had warned her that she would see dangerous days in future, but I would do my best to keep her away from any danger or problem. So, I had never asked her to enter political activity. But at the same time, I did my best to increase and charge her knowledge about ideological affairs. So, I did not oppose her participation in Sepassi discussions.
In early winter, after few sessions for reading and discussing MKO announcements and booklets, Sepassi suggested us to begin our secret life. So, after consulting my wife and getting her acceptance and satisfaction about such action, we began the new half-hidden life. For some time, our residence would change between my father’s and father-in-law’s home.
Later MKO ordered us to begin our completely secret life; but I objected it until my wife’s giving birth to her child.
[1] Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO) was founded by three members of Iranian Freedom Movement (IFM) in 1965. About these three people there are some differences. Mr. Hamid Rouhani writes in the 3rd volume of Imam Khomeini Movement: “In 1965 two members of National Front, Mohammad Hanifnezhad & Saeed Mohsen, and a member of IFM, Abdulreza Nikbin Roudsari known as Abdi gathered together and founded an organization. In the books and pamphlets of MKO Abdulreza Nikbin is not only introduced as a founder, but also not considered as a member of the organization. It is not clear why he is omitted or put away from the list of founders. In MKO history Asghar Badi’zadegan is known as founders of MKO along with Hanifnezhad and Saeed Mohsen. It is rooted in the hypocrisy of MKO.”
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