'Mr. Ambassador' released

Interviews with Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran’s Foreign Minister and former representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran at the UN, has been released in a book named 'Mr. Ambassador'. IBNA: The book offers a complete biography of Zarif as well as his experiences and memories of representing Iran at the UN. The book also reflects Zarif’s political concerns and diplomatic inclinations. Published by Nashr Ney, the work was released almost 20 days ago in the market for the first time and has been reprinted in such a short notice. It usually takes a year for a book to be reprinted in Iran.

Book City bestsellers: 'Why Leaders Lie', 'Mandela’s Autobiography'

Political books have been selling long like hot cakes at the Book City stores around Tehran unlike the norm that fiction and psychology works attract readers. IBNA: Reports from the Book City Institute indicate that 'Why Leaders Lie: The Truth about Lying in International Politics' by John J.‭‬ Mearsheimer and Nelson Mandela’s autobiography are two of the bestsellers in the institute’s shops. Mearsheimer’s work sheds light on the dark side of politics by focusing on the lies, all world leaders tell their people to be successful in their manipulative policies.

Recording Minot’s history

Digital Minot, a web-based museum and archive at Minot State University, will be conducting an oral history session from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Taube Museum of Art. The Downtown Minot Fall Festival will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. "It's a great experience for our interns working in public history and gives the public a chance to share what they know about Minot and the surrounding region," said Amy Lisner, project coordinator. "We welcome anyone to share their memories. We can record five minutes or 55 minutes, and it can be on any topic on the history of Minot, Minot State University and the surrounding region."

Founder of UVa oral history program Young dies

James Sterling Young, who founded the nation’s only oral history program focused on American presidents at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center, has died. He was 85. The Miller Center announced Tuesday that Young died Thursday at his home in Albemarle County. At the Miller Center, Young directed oral histories of the presidencies of Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton, and on former Sen. Edward Kennedy. Kennedy based his memoir, “True Compass,” on dozens of interviews with Young. Young recorded more than 400 oral history sessions for the Miller Center’s various projects, current Presidential Oral History Program chairman Russell Riley said in a statement.

Voice of Aaron Zangi - Imprisonment, Torture, and the 1969 Hangings in Iraq

Aaron Zangi was raised the oldest of three brothers in the Iraqi city of Basra. Many of his ancestors originally hailed from Iran; “Zangi” translates to ‘ringing’ in Farsi. Aaron’s father was a well-respected textile businessman who built their home in 1936 in a Muslim Arab neighborhood. Following the Farhud, an anti-Jewish Iraqi pogrom in 1941, the flourishing Jewish community of Basra transferred to Ashar, Iraq. Aaron’s family, however, refused to leave Basra. Aaron says that spending his childhood in a predominantly Muslim neighborhood was a benefit. He remembers celebrating joyous Arab weddings and holidays, playing games and attending school together with other Muslim children. He now believes that his close relationships with Muslims have given him an understanding of how to coexist with Arab culture.

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