My name is Ali Zolfaghari. I was arrested in 1981 for supporting the Mojahedin-e Khalq (MEK). I spent some time in a prison in Rasht, northern Iran. I had many cellmates who were the MEK’s supporters and members. They were executed later those years for persisting in their ideals and supporting the MEK.
One of my cellmates was Reza Niknam. He heroically accepted all responsibilities of the actions done by our group of five people. He was executed on June 30, 1982. The regime did not allow Reza Niknami’s parents to bury their son in the cemetery. So, his mother was forced to bury him under the stairs in their home
He was just one example of someone who loved the MEK.
I met many MEK members while I was in Rasht. We held a memorial ceremony on May 25, 1983. After this memorial ceremony, the guards transferred us to the prison’s basement and then transferred us to Gohardasht prison. There, I witnessed prisoners resisting. They had sent us to exile to Gohardasht to punish us. They wanted to break us. A night before going to Gohardasht, they took us to Evin Prison.