The Two Half-Days

The summer heat had already tired out, and its stroke was overwhelmed by the autumn gale in the morning. That day, I had to pass through the crowds swarming Toopkhaneh Square along Ferdowsi Avenue to get to work at the newspaper office.

I saw Iran with my own eyes; people smile here.

One week in Iran? When friends figured that I’ve decided to travel to Iran they questioned my decision as if I was going to war and they warned me to be careful and take care of myself.

Students’ participation in oral history projects

From the Idea to Action

The use of educational capacity to raise the level of knowledge is an issue that has been somewhat neglected in history. Unfortunately, teachers and educational planners do not use it enough in history teaching methods and indeed, to some extent, contenting with teaching of history in narrative way led to disinterest in history lesson among students.

Mashad in Iranian 1953 Coup

A Bibliography

The Masahdi community played an active role in the political and social events that took place in Iran between August 1941 and August 1953; the former is marked as the year of Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran and the latter is the year of the Iranian coup d\'état.

Oral history & Interaction of National & Local Identity

Khorassan, particularly Mashhad has been the contemporary heart of revolutionary, cultural and religious intellect. From the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Motahari, Martyr Hashemi Nejad and Ayatollah Tabasi to the Professor Mohammad Taghi Shariati and Dr. Ali Shariati are all prominent and famous intellects who come from this city.

We Learned the Techniques of Concealment

The adventures of a training trip to Egypt via SOMA Organization

Years before Islamic revolution, many political activists and thinkers looked for a way to fight secretly with the regime and solve the country’s problems. Some of them after their struggles inside the country and its entanglements left Iran and followed their campaigns abroad. In those days, Sadegh Ghotbzadeh was in France, Taghizadeh was in England, EbrahmYazdi and Mostafa Chamran were in America and protected those who left Iran to follow their campaigns.

The Methodology of Oral History of Sacrifice and Martyrdom

The 9th professional session of Iranian Oral History and its main subjects was one of the best actions taken in evaluating the conditions of oral history of sacrifice and martyrdom. Valuable articles in different subjects were presented in this session in which the most prominent oral history experts and also the active centers were present

Mutual Memories from winter of 1978

We are on the eve of thirty sixth anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution and what remains in the memories and thoughts of the public is the victory and overthrow of the imperial rule. This victory remains as a critical event in the memories of the generation before the revolution.

Strategies and Necessities of Compiling Oral History in Tribes and Clans of Kurmanj

Khorasan’s Kurds are one of the largest tribes of Chamshgazak who first migrated to the Varamin region in the Safavid era and then gradually to the border strip of North Khorasan. (1) Some of the heads of these people were of military officers during the Safavid and Afsharieh and Qajar era who had a major role in the history and development of Khorasan

Looking at the student movement in Mashhad (2)

Naqi Lotfi’s narration of student activities in Mashhad before Revolution

In the previous issue, we reviewed the first part of Naqi Lotfi’s memories, who is a retired lecturer of Literature School, Mashhad Ferdowsi University. Now, the second and final part of these memories is presented