No. 421    |    17 December 2019
   

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Salsabil is Salsabil

Cruising Tehrans old neighborhoods has a different feeling; the ambiance of the clean swept alleys, the houses with courtyards, the tiny ponds in the middle of the courtyard, the trees running to the sky in the houses and the neighbors who care about each other. This Tehran might be strange to us and unbelievable for future generations, but the forgotten memories of its neighborhoods and people might be preserved in memories.

Welcoming the 12th National Conference on Iranian Oral History

Conference on Oral History of Sacred Defense Industry, Engineering and Logistics

With a brief glance at the history of the series of the oral history conferences, it can be clearly found out that each of its themes and topics reflects their necessity and importance in the field of Iranian oral history researches. The 12th conference demonstrates the necessity of measuring the lost worlds during the Scared Defense days. In fact, the announced topics show in what layers of documentations the supported ...

The 12th Conference on Iranian Oral History to be held on December 18

The messenger of the Association of Iranian Oral History has released statement no. 8 on "The 12th National Conference on Iranian Oral History: Oral History of Sacred Defense Industry, Engineering and Logistics" about the timing and venue of the conference. According to the website of Iranian Oral History, the statement reads, "The Policy-Making Council of the 12th National Conference on Iranian Oral History" apologizes all professors, experts, students and the interested people ...

The 307th Night of Memory-4

Memories of Pilot of One of Those 42 Aircrafts

According to Iranian Oral History Website, the 307th session of memory night of Sacred Defense was held in Sooreh Hall of Hozeh Honari on the evening of Thursday, October 24, 2019. In the session, pilots Amir Habibi, Mohammad Gholamhosseini, and Attaullah Mohebbi spoke of their memories of the Iraq war imposed on Iran. Before the third narrators talks, Davood Salehi, the host of the 307th Sacred Defenses memory night said he was ...

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Thirsty Sands (Part 20)

Jafar Rabiei

Design: Ali Vaziri

First published in 1991

Publishing House, Islamic Propagation Organization

Printed at the Aryan

 

The pressure we were sustaining here had no value as compared with the sacrifices of the Muslim combatants. We should pray to God to make them victorious and to accept our meager services with His grace. “This was the wish and call heard from the depth of the existence of individual POWs.

It was 6 p.m. and we were performing our evening prayer. Some were in prostration and other busy reading prayers Taghibat. Still others were reciting the Quran. Everyone was in succession supplicating with God. We all had pledged to pray for the health of Imam and for the victory of our combatant in our supplications. 


 
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