Oral history of western Iran to become 200 volumes
Translated By: Mohammad Bagher Khoshnevisan
2015-7-26
Brigadier General Mustafa Izadi, the deputy commander of Iranian Armed Forces has said that a studied project will be carried out about the events happened in western and northwestern part of Iran during the Islamic revolution and the Iraqi imposed war against Iran, adding, “The oral history of these areas from the language of their commander is one of the sections of this project which will be published in 200 volumes. The plan deals with the history of the Islamic revolution in the provinces of Ilam, Kermanshah, Western Azerbaijan, and Kurdistan. The oral history of western and northwestern Iran from the language of their commanders will be carried out under the supervision of Brigadier General Rastegar Panah and published jointly by the Foundation for Preservation of Works and Dissemination of Sacred Defense Values and Imam Hussain (AS) University.
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