Experts Answer to Oral History Questions

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How should the interviewer deal with the interviewees body language, including silence?

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.

Fundamental Questions in the Field of Oral History - 1

10 Fundamental Questions in Oral History

This text was received at the request of the Iranian Oral History website and in response to the "Call for Fundamental Questions in the Field of Oral History". In it, the author raised 10 key questions that he believes every researcher, interviewer, and person interested in oral history should think about, and wrote an answer for each question in about 200 words.

Memoirs of Saleh Mousavi

Seyyed Saleh Mousavi, who was called “Sali” by his comrades and a teenage fighter during the Holy Defense era, was a guest on the 299th Shab-e Khatereh (Night of Remembrance) program (May 2018). Seyyed Saleh reminisced about Operation Tariq al-Quds. He said: “In 1981, during Operation Tariq al-Quds, we had to go northwest of Susangerd. Our mission location was in a village called Megasis.

374th Night of Remembrance - 3

The 374th Night of Remembrance program was held on Thursday - November 27, 2025, focusing on reciting the memories of active military personnel during the victory of the Islamic Revolution from the prisons of the Pahlavi regime in the Soura Hall of the Hozeh Honari. The program began with the broadcast of a clip of Martyr Amir Ali Hajizadeh, and then Bahram Ali Taheri, Mohammad Hassan Pourjoum’eh, and Qanbar Rasekh shared their memories. Davud Salehi led the performance of this ...

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