Memoirs of Mohammad Majidi from resistance years against Saddam army, Part I
10 days in front and 4 years of captivity
During the sacred defense years, Mohammad Majidi went to the war fronts in order to take part in one of the phases of Karbala 5 Operation. But only ten days after his presence in the front, he was taken as captive by the Iraqi Bathists enemy forces and spent four years out of the best years of his life in the camps of Saddam army. In an interview with the website of Iranian Oral History, Majidi has spoken about his memoirs of the years of the Iraqi imposed war against Iran.A Khuzestani POW Narrative of Returning Days to Iran
Restating goodbye of the operation nights at the moment of freedom
The sweet taste of liberty from camps of the Iraqi Baath Party and freedom painful and unforgettable tortures will never be forgotten for freedmen of eight years of the sacred defense. Thats because and despite decades after those days, the minds will retain events and memories of those days. On the occasion of the anniversary of the returning freedmen to the homeland, a section of memories of disabled veteran freedman, Asqar Baimaninezhad have reviewed the days leading up to the release and return to Iran.Memoirs of war and captivity of Azizollah Farrokhi, Part II
Iraqis: "We were your prisoners!"
Azizollah Farrokhy is one of the combatants and prisoners of war during the sacred war and during the Iraqi imposed war against Iran. He was born in Tehran 1342 (1963), and he interviewed with Iranian Oral History site for his memoirs of the war and also being captured at Saddams army camps. In the first part of this interview, you will have read memories of Farrokhi about sent to the front of war for first time and liberation of Khorramshahr and also moments he was injured.Memories of the War and Captive of Azizollah Farrokhi- Part I
Radiotelephones were saying: Go to the moon!
Azizollah Farrokhi, one of the combatants and freedmen of years of the war and during the Iraqi imposed war against Iran. He was born in Tehran in 1342, was interviewed with Iranian Oral History website about his memories of the war and also her captivity in army camps of Saddam. In the first part of this interview, we read Farrokhi memories of the first dispatch to the front until liberation of Khorramshahr.Critical moments of an operation narrated by 2nd Brigadier General Eskandar Beyranvand
The Strange commander of Battalion 139
2nd Brigadier General Eskandar Beyranvand is one of Army commanders of the Islamic Republic of Iran. In 1960, he entered Military school and then joined the army. In Operation Fath ol-Mobin (1982), he was commander of independent brigade 84 in Dasht-e Abbas and played major role in recapturing areas of Dasht-e Abbas, Ali Greh zad, Tine, Bridge of Chikhab River, highlands of Ein Khosh, barrack of Ein Khosh, heights of Kamar Sorkh and Tishe Kan. Read the interview with him on Oral History website.Abdolreza Tarazi spoke of important operations and martyr Dastvareh
Wireless and magic box of codes and passwords carrying ambulance
Story of Iraqi imposed war against Iran from wireless operators’ point of view opens a new window to the audience.Wireless operators as the closest to the commanders and guardians of operations codes are members of sensitive forces whose presence directly affected the operation. Abdolreza Tarazi, wireless operator of 27 Rasoul Ollah Division who participated in Badr, Kheibar, and Valfajr 8 and many other operations during 8 years of Holy Defense talks about his memories of the operations accompanying commanders with Iran Oral History Site.An interview with memory writer of the book “Haj Qassem Guys”
We are worried about the memoirs getting away from minds
People are drawn to a side on the basis of their interests. The writers often like a special genre and work in this field. Some of them pick out the area of the sacred defense. Afsar Fazeli Shahr-e Babaki is one of such writers; someone who has grown up in an environment which has caused her to understand the issue of the sacred defense well. Born in 1976 in the city of Shahr-e Babak in Kerman Province, she works in the fields of poetry, oral history and memory writing.From Art Center to the front line
Asqar Naqi Zadeh, his Grenade and Camera
An interview with a war photographer
Asqar Naqi Zadeh is the actor of theater, cinema and TV who started his activity from the Art Center (Hozeh-ye Honari). With the start of the Iraqi imposed war against Iran, he went to the war fronts as a war photographer in order to depict every moment of the war in the framework of photos. He is now around 54 years old and has talked about his memoirs of the sacred defense days in southern and western fronts with the website of Iranian Oral History.About month of Ramadan in 1950s-60s
Nobody would protest to Sahar-Khani
Ali Asghar Laali is a locksmith in one of the crowded streets of Arak. He is 62 and faces his customers with smiling. Accidently I encountered and talked to him shortly in a warm evening in blessed month of Ramadan about this month in 1950s-60s. Although the subject of conversation was the month of Ramadan but we talked about other issues.An interview with Moussa Sedghi about his memoirs
The Secret words made by letters "P-ZH-G-CH"
Passed 36 years of the Iraqi imposed war against Iran, the memory of burning heat weather in south frontage operations and chilly weather of mountains in west frontage remains still in the minds of warriors, who tried to return to frontage of war to defend their homeland and purposes even they were injured. Moussa Sedghi is one of warriors who was a teenager in those days, and he always returned to west and south frontages of war to defend his ancestral territory along with other warriors even when he was injured. Sedghi talks about the memoirs of hot summer days in frontage of war and days of Operation Valfajar 8 in an interview with Oral History....
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Attack on Halabcheh narrated
With wet saliva, we are having the lunch which that loving Isfahani man gave us from the back of his van when he said goodbye in the city entrance. Adaspolo [lentils with rice] with yoghurt! We were just started having it when the plane dives, we go down and shelter behind the runnel, and a few moments later, when the plane raises up, we also raise our heads, and while eating, we see the high sides ...The Arab People Committee
Another event that happened in Khuzestan Province and I followed up was the Arab People Committee. One day, we were informed that the Arabs had set up a committee special for themselves. At that time, I had less information about the Arab People , but knew well that dividing the people into Arab and non-Arab was a harmful measure.Kak-e Khak
The book “Kak-e Khak” is the narration of Mohammad Reza Ahmadi (Haj Habib), a commander in Kurdistan fronts. It has been published by Sarv-e Sorkh Publications in 500 copies in spring of 1400 (2022) and in 574 pages. Fatemeh Ghanbari has edited the book and the interview was conducted with the cooperation of Hossein Zahmatkesh.Is oral history the words of people who have not been seen?
Some are of the view that oral history is useful because it is the words of people who have not been seen. It is meant by people who have not been seen, those who have not had any title or position. If we look at oral history from this point of view, it will be objected why the oral memories of famous people such as revolutionary leaders or war commanders are compiled.
