Leader praises book on Kurd soldier

The Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has praised the chronicles of an Iranian soldier who was held captive by a Kurd separatist group for 5 years.

The book, titled ‘Evenings of Keriskan’ is about Amir Saeedzadeh, a Kurdish Iranian soldier who was held captive by members of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kordestan, a separatist group.

It is written by Kianoush Golzar-Ragheb, a cellmate of Saeedzadeh, who had earlier written his own story in another book in 2015.

In a recommendation published on Tuesday, the Leader wrote, “It has been done in a really attractive manner.”

“The story of the Kurdish youth and the forthright style of writing in the book are both attractive. Although I was already closely familiar with many Kurdish people who are supporters of the Islamic Republic, what has been recounted in this book about their devotion is totally new and amazing for me. The roles of the mother and wife are also very powerful.”

“The valor of the narrator and his family and some of the other Kurdish people in the story is extraordinary. In addition, the cruel behavior of those people who deceitfully deemed themselves as the representatives of the noble Kurdish people has been well described. It’s a comprehensive book,” the leader added.

Keriskan is the name of an area in Koy Sanjaq, a town and district in Erbil, Iraqi Kurd. The area was home to a camp for Iranian captives during the separatist civil war in the Iranian Kordestan region in the early 1980s.

Saeedzadeh is one of the few survivors of the camp. Most of his cellmates were executed by the separatists without any trial.

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