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Because her father had died young,
she was under my father's guardianship.
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She did strange things.
1:14:10
For instance, she joined the Youth
Organization of the Tudeh Communist Party.
1:14:15
My father knew,
but he didn't say anything.
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Because I was always home
I was her confidante,
1:14:23
...and when necessary, her cover.
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And she was my eyes and ears.
1:14:30
One day, Mahmonir told me she was in love
with a boy named Roozbeh Javid.
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She showed me his picture and told me
he was a member of their organization.
1:14:40
Through Mahmonir's stories,
I indulged in sweet fantasies...
1:14:45
...and imagined myself in her place.
1:14:49
Me in her place.
1:14:52
Because of the class
difference between them,
1:14:55
...Mahmonir had decided to run off with him.
1:14:56
Doðuþtan kusurum nedeniyle,
sessiz ve içine kapanýktým.
1:15:00
Because my father would never
have agreed to their marriage.
1:15:05
It was Aug. 19, 1953.
1:15:09
Mahmonir convinced me to go to
Seharestan Square with her to see Roozbeh.
1:15:14
There was a crowd in front of the Parliament
I don't know what happened.
1:15:18
Suddenly Mahmonir fell in my arms.
1:15:21
Eveyone was running away.
1:15:23
There were shouts of "Down with the Communists".
1:15:25
"The Shah must return"
"Down with Mossadegh"
1:15:28
"Long live Mossadegh",
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all being shouted over my head.
1:15:32
I opened my eyes and
found myself in a hospital.
1:15:35
My father and Javid were standing over me.
1:15:39
But Mahmonir was lost.
1:15:44
My father and Javid looked for her.
1:15:48
But she was lost and we never found her.
1:15:53
One year later which all of us
gave up hope of ever finding her,
1:15:58
...my father, who had become very
fond of Javid, suggested he marry me.