No. 584    |    20 May 2023
   

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Text, With or Without Questions

Oral history, as it has been stated many times, is the result of a problem-oriented and purposeful conversation between two people, one of whom is the questioner and the other the answerer. Sometimes the question is raised that should the text resulting from the oral history interview be compiled and published in the ultimate fidelity to the original structure or it is possible to make some changes such as deleting questions?

A Review of the Book the Autumn Arrived

The book "Autumn Arrived" is a romantic narrative of the life of a couple in the sixties, written by Golestan Jafarian in 13 chapters. In this book, Fakhr al-Sadat Mousavi, the wife of Martyr Ahmed Yousefi, tells her memories. Marryr Ahmad Yousefi was born in 1956. Following the issuance of Imam Khomeinis decree on the formation of a twenty million army, representatives from each mosque were introduced to participate in the briefing.

Result of Algiers Agreement between Shah and Saddam

Translated by M. B. Khoshnevisan

In the winter of 1353 (1075), the Iraqi army was exhausted under the blows of the armed forces of the Kurdish people, who had been completely strengthened by the Shahs regime. Tens of thousands of Iraqi officers, non-commissioned officers, and soldiers were in the prisons of the Kurdish region. The Baathist regime had made several governments, including the US, a mediator for reconciliation with the Shahs regime, and was willing to ...

Memoirs of Sardar Yousef Foroutan

Emblem for the IRGC

As the public relations officer of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, I was in charge of choosing an emblem for the IRGC. Several friends who were people of art helped me. I said to one of my friends named Adel and was a designer: ‘We want to design an emblem to show the military, ideological, and universal spirit as well as to be based on Quran; and additionally, to be indicative of solidarity and unity.

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The Memoirs of Seyyedeh Zahra Hoseyni

Seyyedeh Zahra Hoseyni

Translated from the Persian with an Introduction by Paul Sprachman

Persian Version (2008)

Sooreh Mehr Publishing House

English Version (2014)

Mazda Publishers

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The man shrieked at the sight of his own blood. His face, which had been bronzed by the sun, now had the pallor of death. Several men tried to comfort him, telling him that at the hospital they would take care of him.


 
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