A Reading of the Book: “Guy of the Mall”

Memoir by Hamid Ghasemi

“I woke up with the sound of gunshots. I looked and saw they were Iraqis! They were very close to us. The guys were shooting. We knew if we acted late, we would be massacred. I shot at the Iraqis. My magazine became empty. At the same time, I saw an Iraqi coming up from the fort! He had a big and well-trained body; I was terrified! I was confused. ...

Oral History News of August- September 2022

Announcement No. 2 of the 13th Oral History Conference - Call for Papers: To inform the researchers, experts and interested parties who failed to submit the abstract of the paper by the deadline, the electronic secretariat of the conference is ready to receive the original papers by the mid of November 2022 at the latest. It is obvious that in accepting the papers, the goals and themes of the conference will be the criteria of evaluation.

A Part of Memoirs of a Soldier

The embankment where we were stationed led to the Khorramshahr asphalt road. For this reason, the Iraqis tried hard to recapture it. And finally, near at noon, they were able to settle in the embankment next to the asphalt road and shoot diagonally towards us from there. We had no choice but to retreat. Captain Barati, the battalion commander, ordered two kilometers behind to build an embankment for us to settle there.

The 335th Night of Memory - 9

Health Defenders

The 335th program of the Night of Memory was held in the Sooreh Hall of the Art Center on Thursday 5th of Khordad 1401 (May 26, 2022) attended by the physicians and the staff of the health defenders and hosted by Davood Slaehi. The families of the martyrs of health defenders, the medical health staff and a number of volunteers in the area of health were present in the ceremony, talking about the memoirs of the breakout and ascension of the corona pandemic.

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