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.

Torture, homesickness, resistance, and the feeling of freedom…

Oral history of freed POWs and memoirs of captivity as narrated by four books

16th of August every year is marked as a special day in the history of the eight-year Iraqi imposed war against Iran. On this day in 1990, the Iranian combatants who had been taken as captives came back to Iran. With hands free of arms but with hearts armed with faith and resistance, they preserved the privacy of their own defense even more than the war years. One way of respecting their resistance and remembering the sweet moments of freedom is to refer to their memoirs. The website of Iranian Oral History has reviewed four books about the account of freed POWs in order to commemorate that special day in 26 years ago.

Imam Musa al-Sadr from perspective of "Agreed Followers"

Oral history and loyalty to tune and literature of narrator

He did not like anyone dictate people. This behavior was for his athletic attitude. He cooperated with party "Devotees of Islam" martyr Navab Safavi, and for the sake of friendship with the heroes of Tehran, whenever he message them for problems related to Ayatollah Kashani, each of them gathered a lot of people. Ayatollah Sayed Morteza Mostajabi has such a character. He wrote in his book" Agreed Followers" about his fragmented Memories, family of Sadr and Imam Musa al- Sadr. The book is set in the form of an interview and is one of the books in the form of oral history collection about Imam Musa al-Sadr that have been published by Cultural Research Institute.

Life in the beat of news

Life of a Reporter

Everything started with a recruitment ad in Editor Publisher: “Metropolitan Editor in Chief required by the most prominent newspaper of the state, 27 years of age, holder of relevant university degree, experienced in provision of news, reports, and articles, available to travel and willing to cooperate with a prominent publication to start mid-October.” This was the ad that resulted in his recruitment offer. A horrifying interview beyond definition: “It is very hard to describe the fear I had for this interview. I was going to meet the chief of staff of a newspaper that every reporter was dreaming to work for and they were willing to kill to get there.”

About memoirs of the youngest commander of Battalion of the Division 41 of Sarallah

"Essarat Publications" launched in enemy

"Haj Qassem Guys" is a book covering the memoirs of Brigadier General Hossain Maroufi from childhood years to sacred defense period and captivity in the camps of Saddams army. Brigadier General Hossain Maroufi went to the war fronts voluntarily in his teens. He was the youngest commander of the Battalion of the Division 41 of Sarallah during the sacred defense period. The book has been compiled in six parts. First years, sacred defense years, captivity time, my captive husband Hossain Maroufi, images and indexes are parts of this book. It has been released in 2016 and republished for the third time.

Oral History of Revolutionary Struggles Narrated by “Raah”

Memories and Q&As

Often, there are issues that people do not speak about them. As much as these issues become impersonally, it is less possible for you to express them. Mohsen Rezaee (PhD) carries the memories nearly four decades. In all the years various people have spoken with him to convince him to express these memories. Finally Rezaee in Raah (The Path) talks about his memoirs. This book which is the first volume of his memoirs is part of the oral history of these four decades.

Look at the book "Am Kaka"

Telling in the details and seasoning for Memoirs

War could not recognize young and old people. Everyone was involved; father and his young son, wife and children, urban and rural people, all were affected by the Iraqi imposed war against Iran. That is why young and old man, Basij and Revolutionary Guard Corps and military people could be seen among warriors. Each of these people, who have experienced the war, can narrate some parts of the war alone. They are the narrators of this great event and each of these narratives is part of the oral history for eight years of sacred defense in country.

About an oral history project

The role of Valiasser garrison in foiling the coup

After seizure the Embassy of the United States of America in Tehran on November 4th 1979, and divulgence of Operation Eagle Claw (or Tabas operations) in late April 1980, a group of elements linked to the Pahlavi government designed an operation which was known as The Nojeh coup plot.

Look at a field research

Small box of spirituality

We simply ignore many issues. We get used to it in our life properly. We see, but we pretend not to see, we hear but we pretend not to hear. We can’t receive any benefit in this way. The book "The secret of mirror box" * is perhaps a flip to see better, but not only see but also research about things that are very familiar, but in fact are strangers . “The secret of mirror box” is devoted to this issue; the mirror boxes that we see in martyrs’ cemetery, but we are not aware of its existential philosophy.

About “returning to the point of freedom”

Reminiscence with all the details

For some years, we have decided to publish the memories of those who defended the borders of Iran during the war. Collecting memories of this group shaped "oral history” of Sacred Defense. In the meantime, it was occurred that some of the memories have been forgotten and many of them have been paled. However, you are never too old to change your ways. The formation of "Oral History" can keep the memories in the passage of time. The book "returning to the point of freedom” is also one of the books published in this field to be as a narrator of memories "Ali Najd Bagheri".