Student Declaration against Resurrection Party

Compiled by: Islamic Revelation Website
Translated by Fazel Shirzad

2023-12-21

In the 1974, we were in high school when the Shah announced the establishment of the Resurrection (Rastakhiz) Party. At that time, there were two radio stations operating in Iraq that reflected the voices of the fighters; one was the voice of the militant clergy and the other was the patriotic radio. We always used to listen to this radio in the evenings. Later, we found out that militant clergy radio was started and managed by Mr. Mahmoud Doai. Patriotic Radio, which was run almost like a front, that is, communists, religious and other groups played a role in it, and they reflected the news and information inside the country, including the announcement of the existence of Resurrection Party, these two radios became very active, and we were also young. We decided to prepare a declaration against Resurrection party and the Shah in our religious gathering in Naziabad. Because the Shah had announced that anyone who did not want to be a member of the Resurrection party, could leave the country, and later in all government centers, including schools and high schools, where everyone had reached the age of duty, they had prepared large offices and everyone had to go and write their names. And they signed that they accepted the membership of the Resurrection party. As a case, in Adib High School, high school students had to go and register, and this procedure made some students angry towards the regime, what kind of imposition is this. Therefore, in that religious gathering that we had in Naziabad, four or five people who, as the famous saying, smelled like green vegetables, said to make a declaration against the regime and Resurrection Party. We reproduced about forty to fifty leaflets with the equipment of that day. Very early in the morning before anyone entered the school and class, we were the first ones to enter the school and quickly put the leaflets inside the desk drawer with fear and panic. We had a teacher named Mr. Labib who taught logic and philosophy. Those who were in the teachers' room, the matter immediately spread among the teachers that a notice was distributed in the high school. He came to our class and entered the class with anger. Among his teachers, he defended the king and the throne a lot, and that's why the comrades said that he was the member of SAVAK. As soon as he entered the class, he showed his anger and threatened that if anyone in this class did this, he would have to confess soon. But everyone kept silent and thank God it went well and no one realized who had taken action in the high school.[1]