The Unoforgettable (19):
Like an Indian Club
There was a mountain near Mahabad that was named ‘Bride and Groom Mountain’ and it was close to the city, but it had been occupied by the enemy.
The mountain was where Iraqis would shoot rockets towards us during the New Year time. During these attacks several war veterans including Kamooshi and Esmaeeli were martyred; so pushing back the Iraqis from these mountainous areas was really significant for us.
In March 1982 during an operation we succeeded to capture the mountainous areas and push the Iraqis back. At that time martyr Ahmad Allahyari was a driver and he was supposed to bring foods for the fighters, but since the way was not flat; his Toyota truck had fallen down in a valley. I and martyr Saeed Ghanbari who had an ordinary camera went towards him. During this accident, Allahyari had not been wounded at all and he had put a 50 kg gun on his shoulder which it seemed the same as a sport bar and he was moving upward.
On that day, I used the camera of martyr Ghanbari and took a photo of him in this condition. Of course at that time, taking photos of him was not really important for me, but later his patience, resistance and courage was illustrated in the photos and then these issues were considered so important for me.
The End
Narrator: Veteran Mohammad Ali Hazrati
Source: The Unforgettable/ Hassan Shakib Zadeh/ Shahed Publcations, 2011
The mountain was where Iraqis would shoot rockets towards us during the New Year time. During these attacks several war veterans including Kamooshi and Esmaeeli were martyred; so pushing back the Iraqis from these mountainous areas was really significant for us. In March 1982 during an operation we succeeded to capture the mountainous areas and push the Iraqis back. At that time martyr Ahmad Allahyari was a driver and he was supposed to bring foods for the fighters, but since the way was not flat; his Toyota truck had fallen down in a valley. I and martyr Saeed Ghanbari who had an ordinary camera went towards him. During this accident, Allahyari had not been wounded at all and he had put a 50 kg gun on his shoulder which it seemed the same as a sport bar and he was moving upward. On that day, I used the camera of martyr Ghanbari and took a photo of him in this condition. Of course at that time, taking photos of him was not really important for me, but later his patience, resistance and courage was illustrated in the photos and then these issues were considered so important for me. The End Narrator: Veteran Mohammad Ali Hazrati Source: The Unforgettable/ Hassan Shakib Zadeh/ Shahed Publcations, 2011
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