“The City that Does Not Exist” turned into e-book

“The City that Does Not Exist” as an oral history documentary of the city of Toun (Ferdows) has been released in a CD in the form of an electronic book. The author of the e-book Ahmad Armaqani says, “This oral history documentary depicts part of the identity and culture of the people of Ferdows since 1308 solar hijri (1929) till the city’s destruction in 1347 solar hijri(1968).

Pilgrims of Syria Peace Convoy tell memories

The 245th show "The Night of Memory" was held on 4 Ordibehesht 1393 (April 24, 2014) in the venue of Art Bureau. In the meeting, the literates and writers of the pilgrims of Syria's Peace Convoy retold their memories. "The Night of Memory" is produced by the Office of Resistance Literature and Culture of the Art Bureau. This time the show was allocated to memories of the poets and literates of the Art Bureau as well as the country's literary and cultural figures who had travelled to Syria in late Farvdradin (April 2014) in order to sympathize with Syrian people. Mohesen Mo'meni Sharif, Alireza Qazveh, Mohammad Hossein Jafarian, Nasser Feiz, Firouz Rajaee Far, and Hojjatoleslam Za'eri retold their memories at this night.

Oral memoirs of freed POWs released

The book "Totally Ten Years and Thirty Nine Days" which is the oral memories of four freed POWS form the town of Shaft has been published and unveiled by Sooreh Mehr Publications and with the attempt of the Resistance Culture Department of the Art Bureau of Gilan concurrent with the Art Day of Islamic Revolution on 20 Farvardin 1393 (April 9, 2014).

Library pays more attention to oral history

The head of National Library and Archives of Islamic Republic of Iran Seyyed Reza Slahi Amiri has regarded the compilation of the documents' encyclopedia, activating of the Research Center of Documents as well as the center of Iranology and Islamology aimed at setting up of a large research center under its respective organization, expansion of the level of scientific, research and historical productions and publications, paying more attention to oral history area, bibliography of manuscripts, collection of manuscripts as well as national archives as the new plans of the organization in the Iranian New Year. According to Salehi Amiri, the digitalization of the existing resources in the National Library and Archives of Islamic Republic of Iran will continue with more speed. He also said that we try to increase the capacity of Iranian library and national Archive's resources through signing agreements with different countries.

Oral history of war in Afghanistan, writer resigns

Finally, after more than two years of challenge over a dispute in publishing the book “An Intimate War” in Britain, a captain in the British Territorial Army and the book’s writer resigned of his post in order to publish his critical oral history book about the presence of the US and British forces in Afghanistan’s war free from the pressures of the British defense ministry. Dr Mike Martin had been locked in a battle with the Ministry of Defence to publish his study after it commissioned him to write a PhD thesis on the recent history of Helmand.

Islamic Encyclopedia’s 21st volume features an article on Ayatollah Khamenei

The 21st volume of the Great Islamic Encyclopedia was published. The new volume features an article on the leader of the Islamic Revolution of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei written by Dr. Ali Akbar Velayati. The chief editor of this series of Encyclopedia is Sayyed Kazem Mousavi Bojnourdi and the publisher is The Center for the Great Islamic Encyclopedia (CGIE) which is a major research institute based in Tehran. Established in 1983, it is charged with the task of researching and publishing general and topical encyclopedias about Iranian and Islamic culture. According to the IBNA correspondent, the 21st volume of the Great Islamic Encyclopedia covers the entries whose first letters begin with H and Kh ( Ø­ and Ø® in Persian alphabet).

Memoirs of former Iranian regime’s PM published

The seventh volume of Assadolllah Alam’s memoirs was released, Alam was a former Iranian Prime Minister during the reign of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and his memoirs contain information and documents about the significant events in the contemporary history of Iran.

Da Released in English

Mazda Publishers website has announced the recent release of the English version of Da in California, USA, under the title of "One Woman's War (Da)". The autobiography is narrated by Zahra Hoseyni and is rendered into English by Paul Sprachman. According to the introduction of the book at Mazdapublishers.com, "One Woman's War" is many things. Part autobiography, part oral history of the Iran-Iraq War (1980–88).

Bistun Inscription; First Memoir of Iran’s Kings

Iranian professor of ancient languages and culture said that Bistun Inscription narrates the story of Darius coronation and his kingdom. The Inscription is noteworthy and it is indeed considered as the first memoirs of ancient Iran’s kings.

In Search of Shahs’ Memories in Historical Tablets

Memories of Iran’s political figures in various eras should be retrieved from inscriptions on the stone tablets remaining from the Achaemenians and Sasanids. IBNA: The memoirs of political figures in the history of Iran should be considered in the eras of the ancient Iran, Islamic Iran and the contemporary Iran.