No. 694    |    19 July 2025
   

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Haj Hossein Fathi’s Memories about Returning from Hajj

In Shahrivar 1359 (September 1980), tensions had arisen on the Iran-Iraq border and were gradually escalating. Volunteers were needed to guard the Qasr-e Shirin border. I joined the line of volunteers, but the operations commander, knowing that I had an upcoming Hajj pilgrimage, took my hand and insisted I go to Mecca and pray for them. No matter how much I insisted, he would not agree.

War Health

Narrated by Dr. Ali Mehrabi Tavana

The book War Health is an oral narrative by Dr. Ali Mehrabi Tavana, a commander in the health sector during the Sacred Defense era. This book, in the form of six chapters and twenty conversation sessions, covers the narrator’s life from birth to the end of the [Iranian] Eight-Year War. The interviews and compilation of the book were conducted ...

The 368th Night of Remembrance – Part 3

The 368th session of the Night of Remembrance was held on 1 Khordad 1404 at the Andisheh Hall of the Artistic Sect of the Islamic Republic in honor of the martyrs of public service. The featured speakers were Seyed Mohammad Jowzi, Sardar Nasrollah Saeedi, and Masoud Dehnamaki. The event was hosted by Davoud Salehi.

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The Embankment Wounded Shoulders – 14
Diary of a Rescuer

Sabah Piri
Translated to English by M.B. Khoshnevisan
Persian Version (1990)
Sooreh Mehr Publications

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It was a very dangerous job, but there was no other choice. 


 
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