No. 537    |    1 June 2022
   

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The Situation of Tehran on the Night of 22nd Bahman (11th February of 1979)

These few days when we were in Tehran, Fakhrieh Mosque was our hangout. The same mosque where I first came when I escaped in 1975, and we went to the house of Ayatollah Lankarani with Haj Abolhassan Ebrahimi. Haj Abolhassan Mr. Sajjadi was with us as well. All the bread and food were gathered in the mosque and distributed among the people. Now and then we would go to the Imams office and hear about the orders.

The Role of Journalists and Employees of Abadan Radio in Covering the Liberation of Khorramshahr

Working on Abadan Oil Radio almost continued. The city was in a situation where we had the same quota of bullets from the Iraqis every day, and the problems persisted, but we worked and operated more. On the radio, one or two colleagues decided to get married. In April 1982, I worked with Gholamreza Rahbar and one or two other comrades in the center of Ahvaz during Operation Fath al-Mubin, and valuable experience ...

News of oral history for Ordibehesht 1401(April-May 2022)

According to the website of Iranian Oral History, “News of the Month” is the tile of a series of reports in this website. The reports take a look at the news related to the subject of the website in written and cyber media. What follows is the news of Ordibehesht 1401 (April-May 2022). *The Director General of the Foundation for Preservation and Publication of Sacred Defense Values in Khuzestan Province considered the honoring of the war ...

Book review: “Line of Blacksmiths”

Autobiographical memoirs of a young man from Dezful during the imposed war The "Line of Blacksmiths" uses a beautiful front cover which enjoys elegance and taste in its design; as the selected text on the back cover is proof of the authenticity and belief that shows the Iranian combatant proud and the real winner of the imposed war: "I went to get my gun. They were looking at me. Their crying and begging increased.

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SABAH (109)

Memoirs of Sabah Vatankhah

Interviewed and Compiled by Fatemeh Doustkami

Translated by Natalie Haghverdian

Published by Soore Mehr Publishing Co.

Persian Version 2019

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Two of his body guards were standing beside him. He wanted to say a word but the woman came and stood beside me too. The woman and Sayyad Shirazi recognized each other and greeted. He said: “What are you doing here? How did you get here at the first place?!”


 
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