READER'S ROCK LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE VOL 2 ISSUE 4 NOVEMBER 2014 Vol. 1 Issue 9 March 2014 | Page 43
Lori speaks often to groups of women
struggling with their own situations of abuse to
help them understand there is hope....
It had been almost a year
since I returned
from Iran
without my
husband.
Although I
will never
forget 9/11,
November was
a more
memorable
month for me in
terms of
nightmares,
confusion, and the
guilt! I had been
living in Iran,
working and existing
as a member of
Persian society for
almost 4 years.... When
I had heard on the news
that all those rumors I
had been hearing about
the USA being potentially
bombed came true. It was
9/11 and I had tried to call
home since the 9th of
September to tell my family
to take caution just in case the
rumors turned out to be fact.
But my effort was futile, the
operator told me no
international calls being
placed at that time. On
September 12, 2001, I
became all too familiar
with my own 9/11, only it
was not in the USA this
time it was in a POW
camp in the middle of
somewhere, Iran!
Mohammad told me we
had to get out of Iran
due to possible
repercussions from
the US on the
middlle east, I had
no idea but I didn't
care I was going
home!! Five-ten
minutes after
getting to the
bus station to
leave a convoy
type trucks
pulled up,
grabbed me
and had
taken my
husband
one way
and I another and
pushed me blindfolded into the
back of convoy style trucks, who "they"
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were anybody's guess but I sure did not have a
clue. 30-40 days later after escaping the camp
and riding a llama for 1-2 days over
mountainous terrain, I arrived at the Iran
Immigration center. I only weighed in at about
70 pounds then, had injuries, been starved and
raped for the past month and wanted to get
home to my family in the USA. However,
was unsure that the govt. of Iran would allow
me to. I was American but was married to an
Iranian, which made me an Iranian citizen
who needed my husband's permission to exit
the country. Although the authorities claimed
to have had his permission before flying me to
the USA embassy in Dubai, I knew they did
not! This only increased my suspicion of the
govt. being all too involved in my
apprehension or kidnapping on Sept 12. I had
been with Mohammad for 9 years and thought
I could trust him, but despite the love that I
thought we had, his personality and behavior
did a 180 degree turn upon entering Iran in
1998. The events told here are true, and I've
only shared what I know to be true or suspect
at best. What I do know is that it was no
coincidence that I, an all-out American citizen
had been placed into a POW type camp right
after the tragedy of 9/11 in America.
Moreover, I suggest to all, to thoroughly
research any country and culture before
relocating to one headfirst. Even/especially if
your spouse is a native from that nation. I
hope this will help all understand the view of