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The book From Deck to Heaven offers a relatively fresh approach to examining the role of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army Navy (AJA) during the eight years of the Sacred Defense, published under the “Oral History of the Islamic Revolution” series. To compile this book, the esteemed author has utilized documentary research (referring to relevant archival centers and selecting documents) and field research ...A Critical Review of the book “Everlasting Spring”
The comprehensive military invasion launched by Saddam Hussein’s Baathist regime against our beloved homeland on the final day of the summer of 1980, and the subsequent eight-year Sacred Defense waged by the Iranian nation in response to this ruthless aggression, rapidly became a fertile source of literary, artistic, political, and historical production.A Critical Look at Pioneers of the Valley of Light
In some cases, it has been observed that the introduction is among the least attended components of oral history books. If we understand the introduction as comprising the explanatory remarks of the compiler or interviewer (or any other individual), in which the process through which the book came into being is described, then an important question arises: what expectations should a reader have of the introduction to an oral history interview book published using a session-based method?Two-volume book:
The Artillery of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
The book "The Artillery of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps" is the outcome of 29 oral history interview sessions, published in two volumes by the Center for Documents and Research of the Sacred Defense. This work presents a documented narrative of the life and experiences of Brigadier General Yaqub Zehdi. During the Sacred Defense era, he held key responsibilities in establishing, developing, and ...Book Review:
Oral History of 40 Years
One of the main hypotheses regarding the reason for the growth and expansion of oral history in the modern era relates to the fact that oral history is the best tool for addressing lesser-known topics of contemporary history. Topics that, particularly because little information is available about them, have received less attention.A review on the book "Hussein is the King"
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The book "Hussein is the King" is the second work by Alireza Mirshekar, an author from Sistan and Baluchestan. Over two years, in 2022 and 2023, he conducted 90 hours of interviews with Pakistani pilgrims, compiling fifty narratives. In the book's review, the researcher explains the process of gathering the interviews.Book Review:
Oral History Methodology/National Archives and Library Organization of Iran, Archives Research Institute
The necessity of compiling a methodology and presenting work methods in every profession is of interest to all those who have been at the beginning of that profession and need manuals that will guide their actions, teach them the right way and method of work, and protect them from mistakes and trials. On the other hand, educated people or ...Book Review
Pak-Setan (Clean-Seeker)
Eighteen stories from the servants and pilgrims of Arba’in from the Indian subcontinent in Sistan and Baluchestan
Pakistan, by Ehsan Qaidi Vanani, is a collection of eighteen field stories by ten authors about pilgrims from the Indian subcontinent; pilgrims who reach Iran from the borders of Mirjaveh and Rimdan to take a breather in the processions that have been organized for several ...Pepper Fragrance
A Self-Ethnographic Account of a Journey to Pakistan’s Balochistan Province
“Before the trip, I Googled Quetta, Pakistan. All it gave me—top to bottom—were news of bombings and terrorist operations. I blamed it on Persian-language limitations. Who could have imagined that I would spend a whole day and night traveling and sharing meals with a smuggler?! It never crossed my mind that Pakistan’s security police ...Book Review:
An Sooye Divar (Beyond the Wall)
The Capture of the American Embassy by Habibollah Bitarf
A review session for the book “Beyond the Wall” was held on Monday, November 3rd, 2025, in the presence of the narrator, editor, and researchers at the Tahereh Saffarzadeh Hall of the Hozeh Honari. Below is the text of Hassan Beheshtipour’s speech at the session.1
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I wanted to celebrate the new year with my family. Together with two relief workers I boarded buses designated for transporting the wounded to Choubideh and received our mission orders. We waited for a helicopter to take us to Bandar Imam Khomeini. I was stationed near the helicopter’s touchdown zone and was slight in build. As the helicopter was about to land, I could not steady myself; the breeze generated by the rotor blades lifted me off the ground.Spring under the shadow of war
Composing the Spring special for the new year in the past years was mostly along with hope, nature’s rebirth and the promise of renewal of life. Spring has always been a reminder for returning of life and peace after the Winters’ cold. This year though, another atmosphere has settled over our land in the last days of Esfand (March).Excerpt from the Memoirs of Mohammad-Hadi Ardebilli
I registered for Konkour (university entrance exam), following the conclusion of high school. I was accepted into Tehran’s polytechnic (Amirkabir) university and began to study chemical and petrochemical engineering. There was a building named Jordan in the faculty in which religious students had prepared a small room as a house of prayer and did the noon and afternoon prayers in there.
