The hard and sweet memoirs of narrators of the book which has an attractive idea

"War Brides", Oral History of Awaited People

They have been forgotten for many years but now suddenly are remembered. They are the brides of war; new young brides who were supposed to live beside their husbands until death, but the war shortened this life. "War Brides" is about this group of people; suffered but patient women play the major role of the books story. Perhaps, its because of this, there is no name of the operations in which their husbands had taken part (except one and that is Operation Mersad and only as less as one name in page 46). These new brides have been searched for city to city and the first volume has been allocated to the women of Kermanshah.

The Dusty Calks, The Expelled, Team of Haj Hadi and …

Oral History and memories of Holy Defense Narrated by the Five Books

A more year was spent from distance between events of Saddam Hossein imposed war against Iran and us, and we met the commemoration of Sacred Defense Week in 2016. If we treat beginning of the war as the source, 36 years has spent and if it would be last of the war, 28 years has spent. Products and series that are the signs of the spent years and efforts in order to recording events of the war are books and libraries. On the occasion of this Sacred Defense Week, we brought you five books in a pack among the books that we have received a copy of them in office of Oral History of Iran Website, so thereby hangs a tale.

New Books Offered by Islamic Revolution Literature Department

Biography of 10 indelible characters

According to Iran Oral History website, this series is collected by the group researching indelible figures; this research group was established in the spring of 2009 in Resistance Research & Study Center with the efforts of Office of Islamic Revolution Literature. The aim of such effort was to publish and disseminate the biography of prominent Iranian figures that are unknown in contemporary history of this country despite their efforts or no biography literature has been published presenting them.

About the newest book of Islamic Revolution Literature Office

Memoirs for seventy years

The narrator of the book speaks about the life of Shirazis family, fatwa for tobacco sanction, ‎studying in the seminary (religious school) of Najaf and Tehran, the high School of Sepahsalar, ‎legal science teaching, meeting with Imam Khomeini in Najaf and Paris, details of being ‎assassinated by Al-Furqan group on Tir 23th 1358 (July 1979), and hospitalization in the ‎hospitals of Iran and America, he have seen these events or other have told him. ‎

“Mehranjoun” in Holy Defense

All Warriors of One Village

“Mehranjoun is the story of the passion of youth in a village to participate in combat in fronts during the Iraq imposed war against Iran. From behind school bench, they go to military training and from there to military operations. Some of them return and some are martyred. The book defines the efforts and experiences of these youth in the fronts by the story being told by the narrator who was one of the young soldiers at the time.

It was done in the form of written work;

Identification of firsts in Mashhad city using memoirs and oral history

Mashhad as a religious metropolis, where welcomes thousands of pilgrims across the Islam world annually, has diverse identifiable characteristics that the lack of attention to each of them cause to ignore the urban history or forget some part of it. But in the past few years, the publication of some books with contemporary historical approach was result from consideration of the researchers of Mashhad. Certainly, the publication of the books and the spiritual heritage of Mashhad city, which is named as the capital of Islamic Culture by ISESCO in 2017, will increase expectations and cultural capacities of the city. Therefore, writing and publishing books in the field of history and culture of the city and introducing the potentials can be considered as an important step.

Honorable life Secrets of a martyr

Portrait of a Man in Revolution

A lot of people were deeply influenced by him. Attraction was one of his characteristics. He interested in fighting when he was fourteen, and experienced prison in the thirty-three years old, and prisoned for thirteen years. While he was working, he liked to effort in education. Education and fighting were being done together. He took his last test in a situation which he was pursued by SAVAK. He was in relationship with the party "Devotees of Islam" and tried to attend in weekly meetings of Mosque named Sheikh Ali at street. All of the mentioned points were just several features of martyr Hajj Mehdi Iraqi. He was president of the guild Fakhar. It and fighting against the Pahlavi regime were an excuse to publish the book "Portrait of a Man in Revolution"

Ardor of Resistance by Mohammadreza Fartukzadeh

Memories of the Revolutionary Ambiance of University of Shiraz

What was happening in cities during revolution? How involved were people in the resistance against Pahlavi regime? How was the situation in scientific-cultural institutions? We seek the answers to these questions by listening to the stories and memories of different people. Dr. Mohammadreza Fartukzadeh offers some information in his book “Ardor” on the events leading to the victory of the Islamic Revolution in Shiraz and Tehran. Since he was a student at the time, his stories involve students’ resistance against Pahlavi regime.

A glance at "Made from Lazuli"

Writing of memoirs about the role of bazaar merchants in Islamic Revolution developments

The ring setting which forms the books cover design is in dark blue; a ring made from Lajevard or lazuli on which the image of martyr Asadollah Lajevardi has engraved. The book is about martyr Lajevardi; a person who fought against the Pahlavi regime and detained and imprisoned on charges of assisting in assassination of the regimes Prime Minister Hassan Ali Mansour. He had responsibilities after the victory of the Islamic revolution. The book "Made from Lazuli" introduces this martyr in the form of memoirs.

Overview of the 11th volume of “Closed Doors Era”

When Seyyed Ali Akbar Abutorabi changed the lifestyle of captives

August 17, 1990; there was whirl in the border of Iran and Iraq; one of the first days of exchange of Iranian and Iraqi war captives. That day, one hostage who was freed from Iraqi camps and tasted freedom was a young man by the name of Gholam Abbass Mohammad Hassani. A young man with less than three decades of age who had spent eight years of his youth in prisons of Iraq as a hostage. When Gholam Abbass was taken he wasn’t even 20. Now, that young man is middle aged and is recounting his memories of his days as war hostage; memories that are compiled by the efforts of Seyyed Hossein Yahyavi and published by Ravayat Fath Publication.