Theory Two: The Borderline Legitimacy Crisis of Oral History in the Academic System
Theory One: “The Structural Duality of Opportunity–Threat in the Government’s Entry into Oral History”
An Interview with Members of an Iraqi Mawkib Present at the Gatherings in Tehran
The Beating Pulse of a Nation at the Moment of Nowruz
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Spring under the shadow of war
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Fasting in Tikrit Prison No. 16; Test of Faith in the Heart of Hardship
Report from an Oral History Project
Servants Narration of the Religious Rituals of the Holy Shrine of Imam Reza (AS) From Tradition to Lived Experience
The long history of holding religious rituals in the Holy Shrine of Imam Reza (AS) has led us to examine the history and manner of holding religious rituals in the shrine through oral history, recording the biographies and memories of the servants of the Holy Shrine.Memories of Nasrollah Fat’hian
Sardar Nasrollah Fat'hian, the chosen Jihadi director and the head of combat medical services during the years of the Sacred Defense, was a guest on the 288th Shab-e Khatereh (Night of memories) program (Feb. 2017). He spoke about the construction of the field hospital and Operation Valfajr 8. Fat’hian said: “In Operation Valfajr 8 in 1985, I was the head of the operation’s medical services.Memories of Hossein Ali Najafian
Hossein Ali Najafian, son-in-law of Dr. Mohammad Ali Aboutorabi, was a guest on the 288th Shab-e Khatereh (night of memories) program (Feb. 2017). He spoke about the SAVAK attack on Dr. Mohammad Ali Aboutorabi's house on Muharram 11th, 1979, and the peak of the uprising of the people of Najafabad. Najafian said: "They called the doctor and said that many wounded people had been brought to the hospital.Experts Answer to Oral History Questions
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We asked several researchers and activists in the field of oral history to express their views on oral history questions. The names of each participant are listed at the beginning of their answers, and the text of all answers will be published on this portal by the end of the week.The Third Regiment: Memoirs of an Iraqi Prisoner of War - 46
People got out of the vehicles one by one to rest and splash water on their faces. I took an Aftabeh (pitcher) to relieve myself and started moving in search of a suitable place. No matter how much I looked, it was useless. I had to take the ambulance switch and hurried away from the people in the battalion to …Theories about oral history narrated by artificial intelligence
Theory Six: The Inevitability of Perspective
Oral history, more than an accumulation of narratives, is a field of methodical dialogue between memory, power, ethics, and representation. In the meantime, one of the challenges for researchers in this field is to move from “interview report” to “theoretical structure,” a question to which each expert, based on their own experience and intellectual framework, give a different answer.Memoirs of Behzad Rastegari
Dr. Behzad Rastegari was a guest on the 288th Shab Khatreh (Night of Rememberance) program (February 2018). He reminisced about Operation Beit ol-Moqaddas. Rastegari said: “During Operation Beit ol-Moqaddas, we were working in the city of Susangerd and a hospital. We had worked for three days. We were very tired and hungry. With the guys, we decided to go to the residence of Jihad of Construction and have a meal there.Experts Answer to Oral History Questions
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Is it necessary to address failures and bitterness in oral history?
We asked several researchers and activists in the field of oral history to express their views on oral history questions. The names of each participant are listed at the beginning of their answers, and the text of all answers will be published on this portal by the end of the week.374th Night of Remembrance - 2
The 374th Night of Remembrance program was held on Thursday, November 25, 2025, with the focus on reciting the memories of active military personnel during the victory of the Islamic Revolution from the prisons of the Pahlavi regime in the Soura Hall of the Hozeh Honari. The program began with the broadcast of a clip of Martyr Amir Ali Hajizadeh, and then Bahram Ali Taheri, Mohammad Hassan Pourjumeh, and ...The Third Regiment: Memoirs of an Iraqi Prisoner of War - 45
After leaving behind that hot and scorching summer, we entered the threshold of winter in November. With the change in temperature, we spent most of our time inside the trenches to protect ourselves from the constant rain and possible battles. We completely covered the roof of our positions and trenches with dirt and stone blocks, making them very strong places.Most visited
Documentary Pathology of the US Embassy Documents
The Necessity of Scientific Rereading and Content Analysis of DocumentsMore than four decades have passed since the publication of the first collections of documents from the US Embassy in Tehran. However, despite the relatively easy access to this treasure trove of documents, systematic research exploitation of it has not been adequate. We still do not have a “comprehensive picture” of the content of these 11,000 documents.
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What is the importance of the narrator and interviewers shared understanding of the past in oral history?We asked several researchers and activists in the field of oral history to express their views on oral history questions. The names of each participant are listed at the beginning of their answers, and the text of all the answers will be published on this portal by the end of the week.
Validation: Challenges and Necessities
Where does truth stand in oral history? How can the correctness of a narrative be recognized? Does fact-checking matter? If there is exaggeration in the reporting of some accounts, how can it be detected? Is it possible to record an event accurately through the recording of a narrative? Readers and users of oral history works are often faced with these questions, and sometimes encounter doubts about some oral history works.From Revolutionary Circles to the Military Arm of the Islamic Government
In those days, it became clear that certain institutions had to be established very quickly—institutions suited to the temperament, expectations, and lingering aspirations of the younger generation; young people who had been politically active before the Revolution and, in some cases, had been directly entangled in arrests, imprisonment, ...
