The 339th Night of Memory -4

Mail Carrier

The 339th Night of Memory titled "Mail Carrier" was held on Thursday, September 29, 2022, with the presence of the Postbank family of the country in Soreh Hall of the Arts Center presented by Dawood Salehi. In the second part of the program, the presenter invited Hossein Mahmoudian, a documentary maker, writer and producer, to talk about the content of his letters and memories. Mr. Mahmoudian said: I have no experience in front of many of the people ...

Book Review

Burnt Lungs

The book Burnt Lungs was published in 2021 by the Foundation for the Preservation and Publication of Sacred Defence Works and Values (West Azerbaijan) in 280 pages. Mr. Jalal Kaviani conducted the interview and edited it. “Oral History of Abdulrahim Najaf Gholizadeh Saraei can be seen on the cover. It seems that the oral history of a person cannot be used as a criterion for naming and research, because oral history is considered as the memories and observations of a person as well as an eyewitness of an event.

Consequences of misusing the title of oral history

Using the title of oral history for any memoir text or autobiographical book is one of the harms that can be seen in the works published by many small and large cultural publishers and organizations in recent years. These centers, which sometimes have government budgets, ignore the nuances and details of such projects, and generously use the title of oral history for any memoir or biography, and consider themselves to have a high record and a high possibility of activity in this field.

Dismissal of Bani-Sadr

Memories of Ayatollah Mojtahedi Tabrizi

Shortly after start of the imposed war, Imam [Khomeini] (PBUH) appointed Bani-Sadr as Commander-in-chief. After that, he took over command of the war. As Commander-in-Chief of the forces, Bani-Sadr cared somehow the army [(Artesh)]; while not only he did not cooperate with IRGC and did not care it, but also opposed it. I went to the front a few times and talked to several commanders of IRGC; they all complained about Bani-Sadr and said this man does not provide enough ammunition to IRGC.

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