Standardized oral history interviews to be released as books

Standardized oral history interviews, conducted by the National Library of Iran and Defensive Science Research Center (DSRC), will be published as two books. IBNA: Ishagh Salahi said that registering the oral history is the most significant plan of the National Library and Archives of Iran (NLAI) underway in the field of Sacred Defense.

Collection to introduce martyred women

Armaan Boratha Cultural Institute is seriously pursuing the release of 50 book titles on martyred Iranian women. IBNA: Speaking with IBNA, one of the institute’s founders Fereshteh Valaviyoun stated that the institute was established in 2008 by a number of revolutionary ladies in Iran in a bid to identify martyred ladies all around the country. As she said, to fulfill their mission, the group needed to look for martyred ladies in various centers like the Foundation of Veterans and Martyrs’ Affairs, the Behesht Zahra Organization and other related organizations of the country, and is still searching for the exact number of missed women in the Islamic Revolution and Sacred Defense war.

4th National Congress of Resistance Literature due

Iran will be hosting the 4th National Congress of Resistance Literature from February 27-March 1, 2013. IBNA: The press conference of the 4th National Congress of Resistance Literature was held today with the attendance of a group of officials. During the session, an official of the Foundation of preserving and publishing Sacred Defense works and relics talked about a book entitled “The letter of resistance” saying: “The work is an outcome of the resistance literature congress. The event established MA of resistance literature in Kerman, Isfahan, Semnan, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, Tehran and Lorestan.”

New book amasses Imam Khomeini's political biographeis

Imam Khomeini and Political Behavior is the title of a book recently published by the Ghadr Velayat Cultural-Arts Institute in Iran encompassing the summary of 14 biographies of Imam Khomeini. IBNA: A part of the book’s introduction reads as follows: The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khamenei has stressed the need for direct, clear and complete presentation of Imam Khomeini’s political stance as a touchstone of the Islamic establishment’s forward movement.

Iranian, Omani heads of archive centers meet

Imam Khomeini and Political Behavior is the title of a book recently published by the Ghadr Velayat Cultural-Arts Institute in Iran encompassing the summary of 14 biographies of Imam Khomeini. IBNA: A part of the book’s introduction reads as follows: The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khamenei has stressed the need for direct, clear and complete presentation of Imam Khomeini’s political stance as a touchstone of the Islamic establishment’s forward movement.

NORTH AMERICA; USA: THE RULE OF LAW ORAL HISTORY PROJECT

Gabriel Solis of the Columbia Center or Oral History (CCOH) introduces the Rule of Law Oral History Project. ‘The Rule of Law Oral History Project at CCOH was initiated in 2008 with a focus on documenting legal challenges brought against capital punishment in the United States. In its first year, the project conducted a series of interviews with attorneys working on the frontlines of death penalty jurisprudence. ‘Recognising intersections between litigation challenging the death penalty and the legal architecture surrounding the use of detention facilities at Guantánamo Bay, the Rule of Law Oral History Project expanded in 2010 to study the deterioration of basic constitutional principles during the global “war on terror,” including the degradation of the promise of habeas corpus and the right to due process.

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