Emphasized by the Supreme Leader

Reading “A leg which was left behind”, the Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran emphasized on converting the book into English and Arabic. According to the public relations department of the book’s publisher, the work’s 22nd print is ready for publication and its translation into Arabic and English is on the agenda. IBNA: Reading the book, the Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran said that the work should be fluently translated into English and Persian.

Memoirs of Hojat-ol-Eslam Val Moslemin Hosein Agha Alikhani

Hojat-ol-Eslam Val Moslemin Hosein Agha Alikhani was born in 1944(1323H.Sh) and after his elementary education he went to Qazvin seminary and allocated his life to self-purification and religious studies. In Qazvin, he, along with great teachers of that seminary, like His Excellency Seyyed Abol-Hasan Refiei Qazvini, became determined to propagate and enlighten people about the goals of Imam Khomeini’s movement.

Released: Oral history of Imam Khomeini’s campaign

A memoir has been published on Imam Khomeini’s campaign under the Shah’s regime. IBNA: Compiled by Mohammad Reza Ahmadi, the book encompasses Mohammad Afshari’s memories he presented in a 25-session oral history project. In an interview with IBNA, Ahmadi said the book is his latest publication. As he said, Afshari’s seminary years in Najaf were contemporary with Imam Khomeini’s exiles to Iraq. Because Afshari could speak Urdu and Arabic, he traveled to Afghanistan, Pakistan and India to disseminate Islamic principles and Imam Khomeini’s religious leadership. He was also a frequent visitor of the imam in Neauphle-le-Château and after the victory of the Islamic Revolution he was appointed as the Friday Prayer leader of Khuzestan.

“Ukhshamalar” an elegy for the martyrs of the sacred war unveiled

“Ukhshamalar” an elegiac poetry collection produced by Azerbaijan mothers for their sons who have been martyred during the eight-year Iran-Iraq war, has been unveiled in Ardabil, the capital city of Ardabil Province. “Zaky-u-llah Khoshbakht” director general of the Foundation for Preservation of Monuments and Promulgation of Sacred Defense Values said at the unveiling ceremony of the oral history collection that the book contains elegies recited by mothers of Azerbaijan martyrs and elegiac poetries lamenting the martyrdom of Imam Hussein (AS) on Ashura, reports Iranian Students' News Agency, ISNA.

Daily Review of Spies Nest Seizure Released

Entitled as the “Day of God”, a daily review of the seizure of the nest of spies (US Embassy in Tehran) on November 3, 1979, is published based on the memories of Seyed Mohammad Hashem Pour-Yazdan Parast, a member of the “Muslim Student Followers of the Imams Line”. The work is released by Sooreh Mehr Publications in Iran. IBNA: Hussein Nasrollah Zanjani compiled the “Day of God” based on the documents and written materials available about the seizure of the nest of spies.

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