Oral History News of Khordad 1404 (May 22nd – June 21st 2025)

Compiled by Iranian Oral History Site
Translated by Mandana Karimi

2025-6-30

According to the Iranian Oral History Site, “News of the Month” is the title of a series of reports on this site. These reports take a look at news related to the site’s topic in written and virtual media. Here is some news from Khordad 1404 (May 22nd – June 21st 2025):

◄ On the occasion of Resistance and Perseverance Day, on Khordad 5^th (May 26^th 2025), 12 titles of oral history books were unveiled in the Hosseiniyeh of Sarallah in Dezful county in the presence of the Governor of Khuzestan and other provincial and local officials.

◄ The head of the Iranian Broadcasting Organization emphasized the need to develop bilateral cooperation with the Red Crescent Society in the fields of relief, education, and culture building, and referring to the need to codify the oral history of this society’s relief workers, he considered it a rich source for producing media works.

◄ The special governor of Torbat Heydariyeh, in the ceremony of the National Congress of General Martyr Bronsi and 2164 Martyrs of the Torbat Heydariyeh region, while explaining some of the activities carried out by this congress, stated: According to the report presented, 672 works related to the martyrs have been collected so far and 33,000 minutes of oral history content have been recorded.

◄ The Director General of Islamic Propaganda in Bushehr Province announced the compilation of an oral history atlas of the vanguard of praise in Bushehr Province.

◄ The head of the Office for Preservation of Monuments and Dissemination of Values ​​of Sacred Defense and Resistance in Amol County announced the activities of the Headquarters Oral History Committee and said: So far, the Oral History Committee has succeeded in recording the memories of 55 families of the precious martyrs of the Sacred Defense, the Islamic epic of Bahman 6^th and the Forest, and the martyrs of security.

◄ The Director of the Sacred Defense Archives of Khuzestan said: The Khuzestan Oral History Movement is one of the most important projects in the history of the revolution in the field of sacred defense, which is being carried out with greater speed, considering the age and physical conditions of the beloved fighters.

◄ An oral history and memoir writing workshop taught by Arezo Heydari was held on Khordad 22^nd (June 12^th 2025) in the meeting hall of the General Office for Preservation of Works and Propagation of Values ​​of Sacred Defense and Resistance of Markazi Province.

◄ A meeting of the Oral History Working Group of the Office for Preservation of Works and Propagation of Values ​​of Sacred Defense and Resistance of Amol and the Hezarsangar Cultural and Artistic Institute was held on Sunday, Khordad 11^th (June 1^st 2025), with the presence of relevant members and officials.

◄ The selected poem "Arman Ruhollah" has been published by the Oral History Unit of the Office for Studies of the Cultural Front of the Islamic Revolution, compiled and introduced by Maliheh Rajaee, at a price of 115 thousand Tomans and in 120 pages.

◄ The book Kamin-e panj (Ambush Five) written by Somayeh Rajabi, which includes the memoirs of Hani Bakhshi, a fighter during the Holy Defense era, was unveiled in Arak during the Resistance and Sacrifice Week and sent to the book market. This book is divided into five chapters, covering 72 different topics, in 196 pages, with a paperback binding and a print run of 500 volumes, and was published by Hekmat Faraz Publications on behalf of the Culture, Literature and Resistance Studies Office of the Markazi Province Art Center.

◄ A review session for the book Hezar-o yek shab (A Thousand and One Nights) was held on Khordad 12^th (June 2^nd 2025) in Shahrekord with the presence of the author and a group of experts to examine the various aspects of this work.

◄ A review session for the book Daneshgah Jame’e and Dana’I; Tarikh-e Shafahi-ye Daneshgah-e Tehran be Revayat-e Doktor Mahmood Nili Ahmadabadi (University, Society and Knowledge; An Oral History of Tehran University Narrated by Dr. Mahmood Nili Ahmadabadi) was held on Tuesday, Khordad 20^th 1404 (June 10^th 2025) in the Farabi Hall of the Cultural, Social and Civilizational Studies Research Institute of the Ministry of Science.