Shahid Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan and A Texan Guy in Istanbul

Shahid Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan and A Texan Guy in Istanbul

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Last year at this time I was in Istanbul. It would soon be a month since I had moved there and there were still beauties I wished to discover in this amazing city at the gate of Europe. Stray Cats Hostel, where I was staying granted me the opportunity to meet nice people from around the world. That was where an Iranian would befriend Americans regardless of what new Sanctions and resolutions Obama had asked the Security Council to enforce against Iran.

From December 31, 2011

After having my breakfast, I logged in my facebook to keep a track of what was happening around the world, when a picture which was being liked and shared constantly shocked me. Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan, a young devoted employee of Natanz UCF a famous Nuclear plant, had been killed in a car bomb. It was not a surprising piece of news as the incident was not new of its type. Previously Dariush Rezainejad, Masoud Alimohammadi, and some other Nuclear scientists had been assassinated. It was heartbreaking news to hear. He was only 32 years old. I watched his wife's interview with a news agency right after the incident,and all I felt was admiration, encouragement and inspiration. Later his mother also inspired the youth with a glorifying speech where she called martyrdom the ultimate joy and satisfaction for any one who strives on the way of God. In the afternoon I was taking a look at the Turkish newspapers on the table in the lobby to see if they had covered the news. The receptionist found me going through those pages. "Do you know Turkish?" he asked. "No, I don't but I can understand pictures and I'm looking for particular news." I smiled. He asked me what I was looking for. I replied: "Another young Iranian Nuclear scientist was assassinated and I want to see if your newspapers would cover it." He laughed and said: "Don't waste your time, you will never find such news about Iran on Turkish newspapers." -"How about the TV?" I asked. "Not really." said the receptionist. At this time an American guy who had arrived at the hostel the night before, and was sitting on the sofa in the lobby turned to me and asked excitedly: "What has happened?" -"A very young Iranian Nuclear Scientist was killed in a car bomb." I replied. He was following us now carefully and said in a Texan accent: "It's us, Obviously!" I laughed thinking he was being funny. He looked at me and said:" No seriously, it's the US." This started the conversation about the whole story and other Iranian scientists who had been killed by CIA and MOSSAD agents. He felt very sorry about what the government of his country was doing. later he added: of course you can never find that news anywhere, CNN and FOX would never talk about it. Maybe BBC but not American media."

I, who didn't like BBC just as much I disliked Fox and CNN in the way they lied, said: "but even for BBC if they cover it, it would just be aimed at filling Iranians with fear of bombs and assassinations until they would restrain from their right to develop nuclear energy." He agreed and added he never follows the news on any media. He had lived in Morocco for some years and had realized he needs to think out of the box, he needs to discover things on his own. Mostafa's young son who has just turned 6 will live without his father being at home but with him being a hero at his and all truth-seeking people's hearts. The US and his allies do not really understand that martyrdom is our ultimate goal. The next day after Ahmadi Roshan's martyrdom, about 5000 physics students at different universities of Iran called to change their concentration from different fields to start studying Nuclear physics in order to follow his way. One seed was buried beneath the earth, plenty grew to the sunlight.