Memoirs of Hojjat al-Eslam va al-moslemin Seyed Hossein Hosseini

Ahmad Sajedi
Translated by M. B. Khoshnevisan

2021-5-11

The historical memoirs of influential people in society are of particular importance for both studying and taking a lesson for the posterity; especially the memories that have emerged in order to fight against the oppression of tyrannical rulers such as the Pahlavis and in order to promote and achieve divine values and ideals. With such an attitude, the Center for Islamic Revolution Documents has published the memoirs of one of the current figures in the Iranian political scene in the years before and after the victory of the Islamic Revolution.

Hojjat al-Eslam va al-moslemin Seyed Hossein Hosseini is one of the companions of Imam Khomeini movement. At a young age, while learning Islamic sciences, he was involved in politics and struggles, and became one of the promoters of Imam Khomeini's movement. The peak of these political efforts was in the autumn and winter of 1978, accompanied by the revolutionary clergies of Aliabad Katoul.

Hojjat al-Eslam va al-moslemin Seyed Hossein Hosseini after the victory of the Islamic Revolution until 1981 served in various organizations, especially the Interim Committee of the Islamic Revolution and the Seven-Member Delegation of Land Transfer and then for nearly four decades has served as the Friday Prayer leader in the towns of Shirvan, Garmsar and Minoodasht; He also manages several theological and cultural centers.

He was present in the Iraqi imposed war against Iran and has written in his memories that in 1986 he has received an aba or cloak as a gift from Imam Khomeini and since then he has used this aba in all Friday prayers.

The book "Memoirs of Hojjat al-Eslam va al-moslemin Seyed Hossein Hosseini" is dedicated to recording the notes and memoirs of this religious scholar from the events before and after the revolution. This book has 9 separate chapters. The first chapter, entitled "Family Introduction", covers topics related to family appearance and childhood memories. The second chapter, entitled "Entering the Order of Clergy", depicts the memories of the seminaries in Mashhad and Qom. The third chapter, entitled "The Arena of Politics and Struggle", includes political memoirs and struggles against the Pahlavi regime until the victory of the Islamic Revolution. The fourth chapter, entitled "Days after the victory", describes the memories after the victory of the revolution until 1981. The fifth chapter, entitled "Friday Prayer Leader in the Town of Shirvan", is a chapter that has brought detailed memoirs of the narrator during the years 1981 to 1997. The sixth chapter, entitled "Memories of the Front and War", contains sayings from the period of the Sacred Defense era and the presence of the narrator in the war zones. The seventh chapter is "Friday Prayer Leader in the Town of Garmsar" and the eighth chapter is "Friday Prayer Leader in the Town of Minoodasht". The ninth chapter, entitled "Memoirs of the Hajj's Journey", is allocated to the interesting points of the narrator's numerous trips to the House of God.

At the end of each chapter, several documents and pictures about the memories of that chapter have been attached.

The book "Memoirs of Hojjat al-Eslam va al-moslemin Seyed Hossein Hosseini" has been compiled by Mr. Gholamreza Kharkoohi and has been published in 328 pages in the Center for Islamic Revolution Documents in 2019.