Chapter 71 Farewell to Zahedan

Zahedan is a small place, but it is very important because it is at the junction of Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan.In recent years, this place has become a world-famous drug trafficking area, with many murderous intentions and layers of shady scenes, attracting more attention.In order to show the world its determination to fight drugs, the Iranian government invited some foreign envoys and journalists to visit the scene of destroying drugs under the protection of heavy troops, but ordinary reporters dare not come here.They just looked at the map and reported from all over the world. This kind of news I mentioned in the previous two diaries: At the beginning of this month, thirty-five policemen were killed by drug cartels in the Zahedan area. There are many cases in Afghanistan, and some terrorist armed forces are also related to this matter. The seizure of foreign hostages is their bargaining chip. Therefore, several types of things are completely mixed together, and it is difficult to separate them.

The huge funds accumulated due to drug trafficking and the frequent mediation of international terrorist incidents make this area mysterious and daunting.We have to go to Pakistan from here, so we can't avoid it.For me, this experience is also part of a cultural investigation, a willingness to take risks.Several partners have been persuading me all the way, let me go to a certain city by plane alone, I said that if I do this, it will be too shameful. The partners said: You are a celebrity, if you suffer a disaster, the impact will be too great.I said: If I were burdened by fame, I would not take the first step in the adventure.Don't worry, not all Chinese cultural people are boastful and get cold feet.

We all know that the future is dangerous.Mansour, our new friend in Iran.Dr. Yizadi also rushed to Zahedan to see us off. It was late at night, and someone knocked on the door, and it was him, holding a bag of bright red pomegranates in his hand, asking me to eat them on the way. Dr. Mansour can not only speak very standard Chinese Mandarin, but what surprised me even more is that the Shanghai dialect that comes out of his mouth is very pure.When we first met, I couldn't believe it, because I said that almost no outsider can learn Shanghai dialect well, let alone he is a foreigner.It turned out that he had a master's degree in urology from Shanghai Second Medical University and worked as an outpatient doctor in Shanghai. Shanghainese was his outpatient language.

Dr. Mansour loves his country and nation very much.There is a sentence that he told me many times, and every time he said it, his eyes showed great grievances.He said that in China, many friends always regard Iran as belonging to the Arab world, and they are all Arabs when they talk about it, which is really a big mistake.I said: I know, you are the descendants of Cyrus and Darius, at least you can trace back to the glorious Parthian and Sasanian dynasties. He smiled, and then said shyly: My brother’s name is Darius scholar.Yizadi, works in Beijing. Dr. Mansour told me that when the Arabs invaded, they destroyed all the cultural relics that were not destroyed by Alexandria in Greece. The situation was very tragic.However, the Persian cultural people are very powerful. They did not abandon the ancient Egyptian characters and switch to Arabic like Egypt did. Instead, they only used Arabic letters and spelled sentences in Persian.At first glance, the Arab rulers used all Arabic characters. In fact, they only regarded them as spellings, so Persian was preserved.

After what he said, three language inheritance maps appeared in my mind.The first is China, which can be called consistent type; the second is Egypt, which can be called interrupted type; the third is Persia, which can be called makeup type.In contrast, China is miraculous, Egypt is unfortunate, and Persia is the most difficult place to survive between travel and storage. But Dr. Mansour is a devout Muslim and believes in Islam.He said that it is actually very difficult for human beings to control themselves, which will inevitably lead to mutual killing and disasters. Therefore, we should jointly accept a supreme, fair and kind will and make everyone obey.We call it Allah, but Allah is not an idol.Many other religions are good too, while Islam is in a state of completion

He saw that I didn't seem to be very enlightened in this regard, so he said in a tactful tone: I know, in your opinion, our religion has too many and too strict rules in worship and life, which is inconvenient.But human beings cannot live by convenience alone. Many great figures in Chinese history deliberately seek inconvenience in pursuit of their ideals. Today we were leaving for the border early in the morning, and Dr. Mansour also woke up early in the morning, and personally went to the hotel kitchen to bring us plates of fried eggs.He repeatedly warned that the road after entering Pakistan is very difficult and dangerous, so be careful.

When we got to the border, we saw the cannons that were always ready to fire. Dr. Mansour said that the guns were aimed in the direction of Afghanistan and aimed at terrorists and drug cartels.You must not think that terrorists and drug cartels are just dark shadows hiding behind the mounds. They have tanks, including all advanced weapons.They have turned to the Iranian government to tell them that if they open their eyes and close their eyes to let their drugs pass through the border, they can give one billion to two billion US dollars a year, but the Iranian government firmly refused.Of course, not all government officials in all countries will refuse, so the situation becomes extremely complicated.

When we walked through the barbed wire and looked back, we saw that Dr. Mansour was still watching us worriedly. We waved to him, trying to avoid his gaze quickly, as our ladies were too elated at the imminent unbinding of the hijab that might prick his too-sensitive heart. December 1, 1999, Zahedan, overnight at Esleghlel Hotel