The Editor's Missing Place on the “Deck”

The book From Deck to Heaven offers a relatively fresh approach to examining the role of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army Navy (AJA) during the eight years of the Sacred Defense, published under the “Oral History of the Islamic Revolution” series. To compile this book, the esteemed author has utilized documentary research (referring to relevant archival centers and selecting documents) and field research ...

Experts Answer to Oral History Questions

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What is the path of converting personal narratives to historical data in oral history?

We asked several researchers and activists in the field of oral history to express their views on oral history questions. The names of each participant are listed at the beginning of their answers, and the text of all answers will be published on this portal by the end of the week.

A Spring Redolent of Gunpowder in the Days of the Referendum

That year I could not be with my family for Nowruz. I was not overly distressed by this—firstly because I was an army man fulfilling official duties, and secondly because I was not alone in separation; my comrades were likewise apart from their families. We endured cold, dispirited days during the Nowruz of 1358 (1979). The sole abiding recollection is that we marked the new year at the Mahabad barracks with thoughts of our families.

The Illustrated Untold Stories of a Diplomat:

A Look at the Documents and Photographs from the Memoirs of Seyed Mohammad Sadr – Part 2

In continuation of publishing the appendices and historical documents of the book ‘Revolution and Diplomacy in the Memoirs of Seyed Mohammad Sadr’ (researched and compiled by Mohammad Ghobadi), we now reach the second and final part of this collection. As mentioned earlier, this oral history work recounts key events of the Islamic Revolution and the ...

Memoirs of Commander Asadollah Naseh

Commander Asadollah Naseh, deputy commander of Operation Mersad in 1988, was the guest of the 282nd episode of the “Night of Reminiscences” program (July 2017). He had also been among the narrators on the twelfth Night of Reminiscences program in 1993. Commander Naseh related that the account he recounted in 1993 pertained to events preceding Operation Mersad.

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