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Khadije Mirshkar was born on the first of April 1958 on Farhang street of Bostan city in Khuzestan. She lived with her [[family]] in Bostan: "In those days we lived in Bostan. We were four brothers and four sisters and I was the sixth child. My father's house had a big chapel where people gathered to mourn for Imam Hossein in Moharram. The house was used both as a chapel and an inn. My father, Haj Mohammad Ali Mirshekar, was active in the chapel and was in charge of the Central Mosque. He also had a pharmacy and an apothecary. His pharmacy was the only one in the city."<ref name=":0">Payam Azadegan cultural and artistic institute website http://mfpa.ir</ref> | Khadije Mirshkar was born on the first of April 1958 on Farhang street of Bostan city in Khuzestan. She lived with her [[family]] in Bostan: <blockquote>"In those days we lived in Bostan. We were four brothers and four sisters and I was the sixth child. My father's house had a big chapel where people gathered to mourn for Imam Hossein in Moharram. The house was used both as a chapel and an inn. My father, Haj Mohammad Ali Mirshekar, was active in the chapel and was in charge of the Central Mosque. He also had a pharmacy and an apothecary. His pharmacy was the only one in the city."<ref name=":0">Payam Azadegan cultural and artistic institute website http://mfpa.ir</ref></blockquote> | ||
Mirshekar says the following about her marriage: "During the initial acquaintance, Habib introduced himself as a teacher working for the ministry of [[education]] and said: My main job is being a teacher, and since the IRGC has only just been established and needs reinforcements, I will work with them as an IRGC force. I cooperate with them and may be sent to Kurdistan. At the time, the revolution had just come to fruition and there was conflict in the western borders; I was also a revolutionary person like Habib, so I did not oppose his plans."<ref name=":0" /> | Mirshekar says the following about her marriage:<blockquote>"During the initial acquaintance, Habib introduced himself as a teacher working for the ministry of [[education]] and said: My main job is being a teacher, and since the IRGC has only just been established and needs reinforcements, I will work with them as an IRGC force. I cooperate with them and may be sent to Kurdistan. At the time, the revolution had just come to fruition and there was conflict in the western borders; I was also a revolutionary person like Habib, so I did not oppose his plans."<ref name=":0" /></blockquote> | ||
== How she was taken into captivity == | == How she was taken into captivity == | ||
Amidst the pandemonium of the revolution Mrs. Mirshekar was elected as the cultural manager of the Chapel Haji Mirshkar the women unit. Bostan is less than thirty kilometers away from the border of Iran and Iraq. She heard the news of Iraq's movements on the border from her husband: "There was a lot of news about the enemy's attempt to cross the border. People were confused. The destruction of several houses and the martyrdom of several residents of the city by Iraqi long-range cannons made most people think of leaving the city. Those who had the means left and were chased by enemy helicopters and cannonballs.<ref name=":1">Raisi, Reza (1376). Captive No. 0339. Fifth volume. Tehran: Art field, office of literature and art of resistance.</ref> | Amidst the pandemonium of the revolution Mrs. Mirshekar was elected as the cultural manager of the Chapel Haji Mirshkar the women unit. Bostan is less than thirty kilometers away from the border of Iran and Iraq. She heard the news of Iraq's movements on the border from her husband: "There was a lot of news about the enemy's attempt to cross the border. People were confused. The destruction of several houses and the martyrdom of several residents of the city by Iraqi long-range cannons made most people think of leaving the city. Those who had the means left and were chased by enemy helicopters and cannonballs.<ref name=":1">Raisi, Reza (1376). Captive No. 0339. Fifth volume. Tehran: Art field, office of [[Literature and Art|literature and art]] of [[resistance]].</ref> | ||
Khadije along her husband, Habib Sharifi (then commander of Susangerd army), left Susangerd on the 7th of October 1980 for Ahvaz. But they had advanced only about five kilometers on the Susangerd-Ahvaz road, when they were attacked and captured by the Iraqi forces. While both of them were injured: "It was getting dark. Thirst and the pain of the wounds were very annoying.and I had just noticed that my back and leg were wounded in the shooting. "Habib too was seriously injured in his leg."<ref name=":1" /> | Khadije along her husband, Habib Sharifi (then commander of Susangerd army), left Susangerd on the 7th of October 1980 for Ahvaz. But they had advanced only about five kilometers on the Susangerd-Ahvaz road, when they were attacked and captured by the Iraqi forces. While both of them were injured: "It was getting dark. Thirst and the pain of the wounds were very annoying.and I had just noticed that my back and leg were wounded in the shooting. "Habib too was seriously injured in his leg."<ref name=":1" /> | ||
When the ambulance arrived at Al-Amara Hospital, Habib had died a martyr, but Mrs. Mirshkar was not sure about it. She was taken to the hospital and did not see Habib anymore. Mrs.Mirshekar was kept in the hospital for nineteen days and then was taken to the Iraqi intelligence for interrogation. After the interrogation, they transferred her to a silo: "I arrived at a building with a large iron door. The old man [of rank] took out the key from his pocket and opened the lock. There was a big silo in front of me, the end of which could not be seen . The place was like a big fruit freezer. But there was no mention of fruit. The soldier who accompanied me along with the old man gave me two military blankets to use as a mattress. The floor of the silo was of cement and the air was a bit cold.<ref name=":2">Alizadeh, Abolghasem (2014). Up to midway Fifth volume Mashhad: Shamshad.</ref>" The next day, about two hundred male Iranian prisoners were transferred to that silo. A few days later, she was taken to another building exactly to solitary confinement: "The solitary confinement was a small room only large enough to spread a military blanket in. I entered the cell, which was dark and dank. I was faced with dark and scary walls. The floor of the cell was cold and of concrete.<ref name=":2" /> | When the ambulance arrived at Al-Amara Hospital, Habib had died a martyr, but Mrs. Mirshkar was not sure about it. She was taken to the hospital and did not see Habib anymore. Mrs.Mirshekar was kept in the hospital for nineteen days and then was taken to the Iraqi intelligence for interrogation. After the interrogation, they transferred her to a silo:<blockquote>"I arrived at a building with a large iron door. The old man [of rank] took out the key from his pocket and opened the lock. There was a big silo in front of me, the end of which could not be seen . The place was like a big fruit freezer. But there was no mention of fruit. The soldier who accompanied me along with the old man gave me two military blankets to use as a mattress. The floor of the silo was of cement and the air was a bit cold.<ref name=":2">Alizadeh, Abolghasem (2014). Up to midway Fifth volume Mashhad: Shamshad.</ref>"</blockquote>The next day, about two hundred male Iranian prisoners were transferred to that silo. A few days later, she was taken to another building exactly to solitary confinement:<blockquote>"The solitary confinement was a small room only large enough to spread a military blanket in. I entered the cell, which was dark and dank. I was faced with dark and scary walls. The floor of the cell was cold and of concrete.<ref name=":2" /></blockquote>After three months, at the end of January 1980, she was taken to the Musel camp 1, where she was imprisoned with a number of Iranian women. When Iraq attacked Khorramshahr, a large number of families was captured including men and women, children and the elderly, who had not yet left the city. About twenty women from khorramshar were there. When the Red Cross representatives came, they gave her the number and the cross card. It was decided that Khadije would have a surgical operation for the removal of the mortar pieces which were stuck in her back: <blockquote>"According to the date set by the Red Cross, it was time to go, I didn`t know why I didn`t have a good feeling about the whole thing!" I said goodbye to everyone and asked them to forgive me for my sins as there was no telling if we were going to see each other again."<ref name=":2" /></blockquote>She was taken to a hospital in Musel and had surgery. Then she was returned to the Musel camp 1 and was hospitalized at the camp's infirmary. After two weeks of rest, she was discharged from the hospital and joined the other captive women. On the way to and from the hospital to change the dressing, she heard the news. Until they took her and the other women to the camp office and told them that they were going to return to Iran:<blockquote>"A few women and I got in a covered-in military car and the others got in another car. Although we couldn`t look outside of the car , we were happy and in the hope of liberation we left Musel for Baghdad.<ref name=":2" />"</blockquote>They were taken to the intelligence building in Baghdad and ushered into a large hall. Three days later, an Iraqi soldier called her name and some others to stand aside and handed over the rest to the Red Cross representatives to be returned to Iran. Mrs. Mirshekar and the remaining prisoners were transferred to the Ramadi camp (→ camp):<blockquote>"The Ramadi camp (→ camp) was very similar to the old castles. It was surrounded by a wall. They opened the door of the barrack, which was on the second floor next to the barrack for pilots and army prisoners, and sent us inside. "As soon as we settled in the camp, we found that there was more strictness and pressure than the previous camp."<ref name=":1" /></blockquote>In this camp, Mrs. Mirshekar learned about Habib's fate. One of the prisoners told her: "When they took you out of the ambulance, Mr. Sharifi's body was still inside the ambulance." They took us out of the hospital. "When we reached an old area, they threw Mr. Sharifi's body on a heap of wood and took us to Baghdad for interrogation and after interrogation, we were transferred here.<ref name=":2" />" | ||
After | "After some time, the Red Cross doctors diagnosed that I suffered from anemia and needed another surgery, and because I could not tolerate surgery without medical care in Iraq, I would have to be with my family, and therefore I had to be exchanged with Iraqi prisoners in Iran . The Red Cross forced them to release me and those few Iranian women and return them to Iran."<ref name=":0" /> | ||
About three months later, Mrs. Mirshekar and thirty-seven other prisoners were taken back to the Iraqi Intelligence Service to be released. Three days later, the agents of the Red Cross entered the hall and did the final check to return them to Iran. At last , they returned to Iran in April 1982:<blockquote>"The Red Cross plane took me from Baghdad to Cyprus, there we boarded another plane and returned to Iran with the representatives of the Red Cross."</blockquote>Mrs. Mirshkar joined her family in Najaf Abad, Isfahan. Later, she took up seminary courses and continued her studies in Mashhad. In 1995, she married Mohammad Ahmadi, and Mustafa and Zahra are her children by this marriage. She is now a resident of Mashhad and a teacher of the seminary courses<ref>Mir Shekar, Khadije (2015). interview . Dated March 7th, 2015.</ref>. Mrs. Mirshekar`s memories have been published once in the book entitled “Captive No. 0339” and another time in the book entitled "Up to midway". | |||
About three months later, Mrs. Mirshekar and thirty-seven other prisoners were taken back to the Iraqi Intelligence Service to be released. Three days later, the agents of the Red Cross entered the hall and did the final check to return them to Iran. At last , they returned to Iran in April 1982: "The Red Cross plane took me from Baghdad to Cyprus, there we boarded another plane and returned to Iran with the representatives of the Red Cross." | |||
Mrs. Mirshkar joined her family in Najaf Abad, Isfahan. Later, she took up seminary courses and continued her studies in Mashhad. In 1995, she married Mohammad Ahmadi, and Mustafa and Zahra are her children by this marriage. She is now a resident of Mashhad and a teacher of the seminary courses<ref>Mir Shekar, Khadije (2015). interview . Dated March 7th, 2015.</ref>. Mrs. Mirshekar`s memories have been published once in the book entitled “Captive No. 0339” and another time in the book entitled "Up to midway". | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
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== Bibliography == | == Bibliography == | ||
<references />'''Fatemeh Dehghan Nayyeri''' | |||
[[fa:خدیجه میرشکار]] | |||
Latest revision as of 15:47, 17 October 2025
Female Iranian captive
Khadije Mirshkar was born on the first of April 1958 on Farhang street of Bostan city in Khuzestan. She lived with her family in Bostan:
"In those days we lived in Bostan. We were four brothers and four sisters and I was the sixth child. My father's house had a big chapel where people gathered to mourn for Imam Hossein in Moharram. The house was used both as a chapel and an inn. My father, Haj Mohammad Ali Mirshekar, was active in the chapel and was in charge of the Central Mosque. He also had a pharmacy and an apothecary. His pharmacy was the only one in the city."[1]
Mirshekar says the following about her marriage:
"During the initial acquaintance, Habib introduced himself as a teacher working for the ministry of education and said: My main job is being a teacher, and since the IRGC has only just been established and needs reinforcements, I will work with them as an IRGC force. I cooperate with them and may be sent to Kurdistan. At the time, the revolution had just come to fruition and there was conflict in the western borders; I was also a revolutionary person like Habib, so I did not oppose his plans."[1]
How she was taken into captivity
Amidst the pandemonium of the revolution Mrs. Mirshekar was elected as the cultural manager of the Chapel Haji Mirshkar the women unit. Bostan is less than thirty kilometers away from the border of Iran and Iraq. She heard the news of Iraq's movements on the border from her husband: "There was a lot of news about the enemy's attempt to cross the border. People were confused. The destruction of several houses and the martyrdom of several residents of the city by Iraqi long-range cannons made most people think of leaving the city. Those who had the means left and were chased by enemy helicopters and cannonballs.[2]
Khadije along her husband, Habib Sharifi (then commander of Susangerd army), left Susangerd on the 7th of October 1980 for Ahvaz. But they had advanced only about five kilometers on the Susangerd-Ahvaz road, when they were attacked and captured by the Iraqi forces. While both of them were injured: "It was getting dark. Thirst and the pain of the wounds were very annoying.and I had just noticed that my back and leg were wounded in the shooting. "Habib too was seriously injured in his leg."[2]
When the ambulance arrived at Al-Amara Hospital, Habib had died a martyr, but Mrs. Mirshkar was not sure about it. She was taken to the hospital and did not see Habib anymore. Mrs.Mirshekar was kept in the hospital for nineteen days and then was taken to the Iraqi intelligence for interrogation. After the interrogation, they transferred her to a silo:
"I arrived at a building with a large iron door. The old man [of rank] took out the key from his pocket and opened the lock. There was a big silo in front of me, the end of which could not be seen . The place was like a big fruit freezer. But there was no mention of fruit. The soldier who accompanied me along with the old man gave me two military blankets to use as a mattress. The floor of the silo was of cement and the air was a bit cold.[3]"
The next day, about two hundred male Iranian prisoners were transferred to that silo. A few days later, she was taken to another building exactly to solitary confinement:
"The solitary confinement was a small room only large enough to spread a military blanket in. I entered the cell, which was dark and dank. I was faced with dark and scary walls. The floor of the cell was cold and of concrete.[3]
After three months, at the end of January 1980, she was taken to the Musel camp 1, where she was imprisoned with a number of Iranian women. When Iraq attacked Khorramshahr, a large number of families was captured including men and women, children and the elderly, who had not yet left the city. About twenty women from khorramshar were there. When the Red Cross representatives came, they gave her the number and the cross card. It was decided that Khadije would have a surgical operation for the removal of the mortar pieces which were stuck in her back:
"According to the date set by the Red Cross, it was time to go, I didn`t know why I didn`t have a good feeling about the whole thing!" I said goodbye to everyone and asked them to forgive me for my sins as there was no telling if we were going to see each other again."[3]
She was taken to a hospital in Musel and had surgery. Then she was returned to the Musel camp 1 and was hospitalized at the camp's infirmary. After two weeks of rest, she was discharged from the hospital and joined the other captive women. On the way to and from the hospital to change the dressing, she heard the news. Until they took her and the other women to the camp office and told them that they were going to return to Iran:
"A few women and I got in a covered-in military car and the others got in another car. Although we couldn`t look outside of the car , we were happy and in the hope of liberation we left Musel for Baghdad.[3]"
They were taken to the intelligence building in Baghdad and ushered into a large hall. Three days later, an Iraqi soldier called her name and some others to stand aside and handed over the rest to the Red Cross representatives to be returned to Iran. Mrs. Mirshekar and the remaining prisoners were transferred to the Ramadi camp (→ camp):
"The Ramadi camp (→ camp) was very similar to the old castles. It was surrounded by a wall. They opened the door of the barrack, which was on the second floor next to the barrack for pilots and army prisoners, and sent us inside. "As soon as we settled in the camp, we found that there was more strictness and pressure than the previous camp."[2]
In this camp, Mrs. Mirshekar learned about Habib's fate. One of the prisoners told her: "When they took you out of the ambulance, Mr. Sharifi's body was still inside the ambulance." They took us out of the hospital. "When we reached an old area, they threw Mr. Sharifi's body on a heap of wood and took us to Baghdad for interrogation and after interrogation, we were transferred here.[3]"
"After some time, the Red Cross doctors diagnosed that I suffered from anemia and needed another surgery, and because I could not tolerate surgery without medical care in Iraq, I would have to be with my family, and therefore I had to be exchanged with Iraqi prisoners in Iran . The Red Cross forced them to release me and those few Iranian women and return them to Iran."[1]
About three months later, Mrs. Mirshekar and thirty-seven other prisoners were taken back to the Iraqi Intelligence Service to be released. Three days later, the agents of the Red Cross entered the hall and did the final check to return them to Iran. At last , they returned to Iran in April 1982:
"The Red Cross plane took me from Baghdad to Cyprus, there we boarded another plane and returned to Iran with the representatives of the Red Cross."
Mrs. Mirshkar joined her family in Najaf Abad, Isfahan. Later, she took up seminary courses and continued her studies in Mashhad. In 1995, she married Mohammad Ahmadi, and Mustafa and Zahra are her children by this marriage. She is now a resident of Mashhad and a teacher of the seminary courses[4]. Mrs. Mirshekar`s memories have been published once in the book entitled “Captive No. 0339” and another time in the book entitled "Up to midway".
See also
Bibliography
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Payam Azadegan cultural and artistic institute website http://mfpa.ir
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Raisi, Reza (1376). Captive No. 0339. Fifth volume. Tehran: Art field, office of literature and art of resistance.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Alizadeh, Abolghasem (2014). Up to midway Fifth volume Mashhad: Shamshad.
- ↑ Mir Shekar, Khadije (2015). interview . Dated March 7th, 2015.
Fatemeh Dehghan Nayyeri