Mousavi Tabrizi's account of the day Sheikh Hassan Lahouti died in Evin

Seyyed Hossein Mousavi Tabrizi:

Ayatollah Lahouti's son was Vahid, who was a member of the Mojahedin-e Khalq.

Seyyed Asadollah Lajevardi's forces pursued him and arrested him. He escapes again with a trick.

As reported by the Evin Prison forces, in order to avoid falling into the hands of the revolutionary forces, he threw himself from a high roof and was killed.

His body was transferred to Evin Prison. Lajevardi told me that on his orders, forces were sent to Mr. Lahouti's house to inspect the place, which prevented him from doing so. .... In any case, when Mr. Lahouti became angry and resisted, the forces contacted Mr. Lajevardi for an assignment, and he ordered that Mr. Lahouti be arrested and that they search the house, but nothing could be found, only a gun belonging to him that had a permit to transfer him to Evin.

Mr. Lajevardi said: "I told him that his son had thrown himself from a height while running away and was killed, and we transferred him to an empty prosecutor's room, where he deteriorated and died after an hour."

At about 5:00 p.m. that day, I found out about the incident through Haj Ahmad Agha.

He told me on the phone: "Mr. Hashemi has called and said that Mr. Lahouti has been arrested. The Imam is also very upset. The issue must be resolved quickly.

I immediately went to Evin and saw that all the faces were pale and worried, and I asked Mr. Lajevardi what had happened. He said, "We brought Mr. Lahouti here," and he was very upset and angry, and we told them to take him to the room and keep him, and then we went and saw that he had died!

This incident was sad and bitter for everyone, and Haj Ahmad Agha and Mr. Hashemi saw it expedient to end it without any noise.

If his family had complained, some individuals and organizations would have been found guilty and we would certainly have followed up on the matter, but Mr. Lahouti's family remained silent on the matter. We did not follow up on the matter, but Mr. Hashemi spoke in the parliament and gathered the issue and cried because of the intensity of the impact.