In Shahrivar 1359 (September 1980), tensions had arisen on the Iran-Iraq border and were gradually escalating. Volunteers were needed to guard the Qasr-e Shirin border. I joined the line of volunteers, but the operations commander, knowing that I had an upcoming Hajj pilgrimage, took my hand and insisted I go to Mecca and pray for them. No matter how much I insisted, he would not agree.
The book War Health is an oral narrative by Dr. Ali Mehrabi Tavana, a commander in the health sector during the Sacred Defense era. This book, in the form of six chapters and twenty conversation sessions, covers the narrator’s life from birth to the end of the [Iranian] Eight-Year War. The interviews and compilation of the book were conducted ...
The 368th session of the Night of Remembrance was held on 1 Khordad 1404 at the Andisheh Hall of the Artistic Sect of the Islamic Republic in honor of the martyrs of public service. The featured speakers were Seyed Mohammad Jowzi, Sardar Nasrollah Saeedi, and Masoud Dehnamaki. The event was hosted by Davoud Salehi.
It was a very dangerous job, but there was no other choice. We left the wounded in the P.M.P. and prayed that they would pass safely. From there, it was a twenty-minute walk to the end of the three-way road. The P.M.P. left and disappeared from our sight at a bend in the road. I called Ghiyassi by portable transceiver to inform him that a P.M.P. full of wounded was coming.
From the south, we were not very comfortable, but there was no time to hesitate. We left the work to the battalions and went west with Qassem Soleimani and a number of Mahdi officials. Later it turned out that in order to send a message to the hypocrites, they had said that the situation in Iran was not stable; you are like a snowball that if you ...
The 368th session of the Night of Remembrance took place on 1 Khordad 1404 at the Andisheh Hall of the Artistic Sect of the Islamic Republic, dedicated to commemorating the martyrs of public service. In this gathering, Seyed Mohammad Jowzi, Sardar Nasrollah Saeedi, and Masoud Dehnamaki shared their personal accounts. The session was hosted by Davoud Salehi.
[Interview with Fatemeh Amir Hosseini 2019/03/08.] The agents were always at our house. They would come day and night, turn the house upside down, mess up the library. For example, I remember we had the book Eqtesadona (Our Economy) by Mr. Sadr, and Imam Khomeini’s Resaleh (Treatise). We had many books—they would pack some of them up and take them away. Then the next day, they would knock again. Back then, our house was on Ghiyasi Street. We were really distressed.
The next morning, I along with Haj Mojtaba and a few other guys set off towards Mahi Lake, with bullets raining down around them. Relying on God and their faith, the guys crossed dangerous passages and successfully fought off many enemy soldiers. As they progressed, the enemy casualties continued to rise. Bodies lay scattered in groups, and the guys even managed to capture several Iraqi underground camps.
History can be considered the great narrative of humanity, of the path it has traveled, of the pains it has endured, and of the hopes it has nurtured. However, this narrative takes on various forms, depending on its narrators.
In the first part, the issue of funds, Hajj Sheikh Nasrallah Khalkhali - who represented most of the religious authorities - was also the representative of Imam. In Najaf, there was a money exchange office that cooperated with the money exchange offices in Tehran. Some of the funds were exchanged through him.
After Operation Fat’h al-Mobin, we traveled to Kermanshah and visited Sar-e-Pol-e-Zahab before heading to Ilam. During Operation Beit al-Moqaddas, the 27th Brigade was still receiving support from the West. We maintained contact with individuals who had previously worked in Area 7 and were now leading the brigade. It was through these connections that I learned about Operation Beit al-Moqaddas.
Hujjat al-Islam Reza Motalebi is a cleric from Isfahan. Before the revolution, he was the imam of the Fallah Mosque – which was later renamed Abuzar Mosque. By his presence and efforts, Abuzar Mosque soon became a base for supporters of the Imam and the revolution. After the victory of the revolution, he played a role in uniting forces and maintaining political vitality in southwest Tehran.
Whenever we engage in a task, we naturally seek ways to evaluate our performance — to correct shortcomings and enhance strengths. Such refinement is only possible through the feedback we receive from others. Consider, for instance, a basketball player whose shots are consistently accurate; should he begin shooting blindfolded, his success rate would rapidly decline, as he would be deprived of essential feedback from each attempt.
