Calendar of captivity(October-November)

From Azadegan Encyclopedia

-during the first days of November,1991; the Supreme Leader spoke in praise of the book entitled “ Anbar Camp” written by Hossein Farhang Eslahy, Mehdy Golaby and Gholamhossein Kohan.

-25th of October, 1982; mutiny during Moharram days as the Iraqis had tried to prevent the captives at Anbar(Alanbar or camp 8) from mourning for Imam Hossein.

-26th of October, 1939; birth anniversary of of Hojatoleslam Ali Akbar Abu Torabi Fard AKA the Lord of Captives.

-27th of October, 1980; arrival of the first Iranian captives from  Naftshahr & Ghasr-e Shirin border posts at Romadi  Camp 1.

-27th of October, 1984;  Iran's formal request for urgent consideration by the UN Secretary-General concerning the status of 10,000 Iranian missing captives in Iraq

-29th of October, 1988; liberation of 25  wounded Iranian captives from the Iraqi Ba'ath regime camps.

-=31st of October, 1981; hunger strike of Bloc 2  of Romadi  2, camp 7  due to imposed restrictions and the imprisonment of the Bloc`s functionary.

-31st of October, 1984; the Martyr Mohammad Javad Tondguyan the Minister of Oil in the Martyr Rajaee Government, and his accompanying delegation were taken into captivity.

-7th of November, 1982;  transfer of Haj Abu Torabi Fard from the Iraqi Intelligence Prison to Musel new camp 4 (Hossein Khomeini) for nearly one year.

-7th of November, 1983; the Lord of Captives was banished to Musel 1 new camp.

-7th of November, 1983;  banishment of Haj Abu Torabi Fard to Musel 3 new camp along with another 100 captives.

-8th of November,1980; the first month of Moharram in captivity

-8th of November, 1984; hundreds of families of the Captives & the Missing of War congregated in front of the International Committee of the Red Cross demanding the determination of the fates of their children or otherwise relations in Iraq .

-8th of November, 1986;  the captives at Romadi 3, camp 2 enclosed their first letter to Iran.

-9th of November, 1987;  (referred to as the Day of Co-attempt and Bloody Friday), the day of the General Strike involving three Blocs of Romadi 3 in response to the protests of the captives regarding the rejection of the Qur'an and Nahj-ol-Balagha,  inadequate health provisions and many more.

-11th of November, 1987;  the captives of the three Blocs at Romadi 3 camp 9 went on a strike in the mass marking it as the Day of the Co-attempt (Bloody Friday).

-12th of November, 1988; the captives of Romadi 3, camp 9 were collectively sent on a pilgrimage to Karbala(Atabat Aliat) in four hundred groups.

-14th of November, 1987; the Iraqi anti-riot guards suppressed and tortured each and every captive at Romadi 3, camp 9, inspecting all the rooms and sanatoriums.

-14th of November, 1989; the families of the Captives, Martyrs, and and the Handicapped met  with the Supreme Leader.

-15th of November, 1982;  the Red Cross visited the New Musel 1( the Bigger one) for the first time, and the captives of that camp sent their first letters  to Iran .

-16th of November, 2007; inauguration of a highway in Tehran named Azadegan(= the Liberated Captives).

-17th of November, 1983; transfer of Haj Abu Torabi from New Musel 4 to New Musel 3( the Little one) for about three months.

-20th of November, 1985; liberation of 17  wounded  Iranian captives from the Iraqi Ba'ath regime camps.