Experts Answer to Oral History Questions

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How can narrators and interviewers reach a common understanding?

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.

Review of the article “Pathology of Documentary Research of the American Embassy Documents”

The respected author, after publishing his article on Iranian Oral History website, provided his article to Artificial Intelligence for review and asked it to review the article in the capacity of an oral history professor and document researcher. In the author’s opinion, this review completes the article:

Don't leave us indifferent

On the morning of Monday, July 27, 2026, we arrived in the city of Najaf Ashraf. Before entering Najaf, we saw Iraqi people walking from different cities towards Karbala. Some of them had a flag with the photo of our martyred leader on their backpacks, and some of the processions had a photo of the leader posted in front of them.

Memories of Abbas Jahangiri

Engineer Abbas Jahangiri, a fighter during the Holy Defense era, was a guest on the 287th Shab Khatereh (Night of Memories) program (January 2017). He talked about Operation Valfajr 2 and friends from the Mufid School. Jahangiri said: “My parents wouldn’t let me go to the front. One day I told my mother we were going to Mashhad. If you have any prayers, tell them. In my mind, Mashhad means the place of martyrdom and we are going to the place of martyrdom!

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