Oral History News of November-December 2022

Compiled by: Iranian Oral History Website
Translated by: Fazel Shirzad

2023-1-10

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►The representative of the Supreme Leader in Lorestan province said: recording the oral history and memories of the fighting clerics during the Islamic Revolution and Holy Defense is very important because the memories and biographies of this segment of society contain valuable points of moral concepts, history, culture and lifestyle of people.

►The Director General of the Preservation of the Works of the Holy Defense of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer Ahmad announced the planning to produce and print written works of the Holy Defense in the fields of oral history, novels, stories, memories, biographies, poetry, etc., in line with the second National Congress of Martyrs of Kohgiluyeh and Boyar Ahmad

►The book "Inflammatory Nights" narrating the oral history of Reyhan Safari, the warriors of the Holy Defense era of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer Ahmad, was published by Barzo Vassipour.

►The person in charge of the participation of the clergy in the Holy Defense of Lorestan General Department for the Preservation of the Holy Defense of Lorestan announced the holding of an oral history training workshop for the students of Sisteran Seminary.

►Hojjat al-Islam Saeed Fakhrzadeh called the recent seditions and riots a lost subject of oral history in an interview with Student News Agency.

►Mohammad Ghasemipour, an activist in the field of oral history and a literary critic, said at the unveiling ceremony of the book "Forty Days of Waiting": This book has shown the culture and environment of the martyrs well.

►The mayor of the 12th district of Tehran, emphasizing the importance of preparing and compiling the oral history of Tehran's neighborhoods, announced the holding of a night of memories of old Tehran with the presence of more than 25 elders, elders and intellectuals of Tehran in this area.

►A member of the Shahinshahr council said: The bill for the preparation of a documentary on the oral history of Shahinshahr war refugees was approved in the public hall of the city council.

►Political, social and security deputy of Isfahan governorate said: The oral history of the people of Isfahan in the field of good deeds should be turned into a written history and lasting products.

►The book "I; Aman" was prepared and published by Esmail Hedayati in the form of oral history.

►The oral archive unit of Yazd Province National Library and Document Center continued the oral history projects of this province regarding governors after the revolution, veterans of the sacred defense area, Yazdi benefactors and marketers, veterans of the diplomatic area and former ambassadors of the country, as well as the Yazd goldsmiths guild.

►Director General of Preservation and Publication of the Sacred Defense Values of Lorestan said: By the end of this year, the oral history of Hojjat-al-Islam Taheri and Hojjat-al-Islam Imani, two revolutionary fighters of Lorestan province, will be compiled and published.

►The book of oral history of Turan Vefaiyan titled "Fishes also Cry" was published by the General Directorate of Antiquities Preservation and Publishing of Sacred Defense Values of West Azerbaijan.

►Director of Yazd National Libraries and Documents Center, pointing to the importance of paying attention to the oral history and also the culture of the people of Yazd, said: Mosque centers can be effective steps in recording the culture and history of this province and its religious events.

►The book "Dear Alchemist", the oral history of Dr. Fereydoun Alaa, the founder of Iran's Blood Transfusion Organization, was published by Akhtaran Publishing House and went to the publishing market.

►At the end of the national festival "Honorable Documents - Lasting Speech", 150 titles of document books and oral history of the holy defense were unveiled.

►The collection of sub-narratives of the terrorist incident in the holy shrine of Hazrat Shahcheragh (PBUH) was depicted with the participation of the Shiraz Oral History Office and the Fars Islamic Revolution Art Center under the title "No Crime and No Crime".

►The deputy head of the Foundation for Preservation of the Works and Publication of the Values of the Holy Defense emphasized the need to use modern technologies in recording the oral history of the Holy Defense.

►The official of the oral history department of the Holy Defense Documents and Documents Organization said: Since 2015, by compiling specialized guidelines and sending them to the provincial centers, nearly 75 thousand hours of interviews have been recorded and preserved.

►The second meeting of the oral history working group of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari artistic field was held.

►With the efforts of the vice president of research and digital resources of the Organization of Documents and the National Library of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the book "A Blaze Poet" was published, an oral history interview with Mozaher Mosfa with a research by Peymaneh Salehi.

►Documentary recording of the oral history of martyrs' parents has started in Firouzkoh.

►The head of the Holy Defense Documentation and Research Center and advisor to the Commander-in-Chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said: Research means guarding the country's history and cultural heritage. The more attention is paid to the production of scholarly and documented research, the more authentic literary and artistic works and oral narratives will be.

►The oral history book "We 35 people" was unveiled in the garden of the Holy Defense Museum in Hamedan.

►The educational workshop "Experience and Reminiscence" centered on Mother's House with the presence of a group of cultural women was held in the Hall of the Islamic Propaganda Organization of Hormozgan.

►The Director of Documents and Oral History Foundation for Preservation of the Works and Values of the Holy Defense of Kermanshah announced the compilation of 35 books on the subject of Oral History of the Holy Defense in Kermanshah.

►The book "Along with the Caravan of Love" is the oral history of Seyyed Farajullah Nazarpour, one of the warriors of the holy defense era of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer Ahmad provinces, written by Seyyed Hossein Yadgarnejad.