Student’s Movement in Isfahan (1)

Interview with Mehdi Hakak

Mehdi Hakak was admitted to the Industrial University of Tehran in 1977 to study Mechanics Engineering for a BS degree and he became one of the activists of students’ political movement. After graduation he has had many industrial posts and currently is a board member of Chemical Industry Investment Company. After thirty eight years he talks about his activities during first year at university.

The Unsaid about Ramadan Operation

Interviewing with Ismail Naderi

I made an appointment to visit Haj Ismail Naderi, battalion commander of Karbala-5, who loses his two feet in Shalamcheh, at his house. He has many words to say. He teaches history at the University of Arak. In a rainy autumn day, I was his guest to hear about Ramadan Operation, which left so many talks behind the front line and made its commanders to be confined at their houses for a long time.

They are still living in those days

In the twenty-first anniversary, the ‘Night of Memory’ session has hosted the narrators of war. This program has been held on the first Thursday of every month and two and a half hours before the call to evening prayer, at Arts Center (Hozeh Honari). During these years it has found its audience and is considered as assembly for veterans. During an interview Mehdi Khanbanpour, executive secretary of the ‘Night of Memory’ program, described the history of the meeting.

Wear a tie and take a photo!

Interview with Mohammad Hossain Jamalzadeh about Islamic Revolution in Arak

Mohammad Hossain Jamalzadeh was born in the city of Arak in 1952. His life has been knotted with important part of the history of Arak; the history of the city which has had effective and decisive men and women. His unique photos from the history of revolution of Arak’s people in the last days of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi’s rule have great historical value. With more than forty years of photographing record, He has an exquisite collection of the photos of history of Arak, lasting figures, sportsmen, theater and music artists, poets, writers, academics, physicians, and educated people of Arak. Numerous photo exhibitions from him have been launched in Arak and he still continues to register important events in the city.

November 1977, Isfahan Industrial University

Note: Last week we reviewed memories of Mr. Nahavandi on the attack of guards to the dorm of Industrial University of Isfahan. What we have here is an interview about the same day with more details and the vents around it and other points about the event.

Story of American hostages held in Arak

In an autumn morning I was guest to Jamshid Moradi’s home. It wasn’t so hard to arrange for a meeting with the former director general of “Martyrs and Warlords Affairs Fund” and one of the founders of Sepah (Islamic Revolution Guards Corps) in Arak province. I arranged for it just with some telephone calls .It was quoted from some revolution activists that some American hostages of spy house (American Embassy) were held in Arak. I knew that Jamshid Moradi had some information about American hostages in Arak. When I noticed he had been responsible for hostage’s security, I was more eager for the information. I was ready to hear from a retired Sepah Operation member.

Teacher Tells of War Fronts

I would take the Camera on me!

An interview with Mohammad Hussein Qadami

One of his stories has been adopted by Revayate Fath Group for a televised program. Revayate Fath (literally, Narrative of the Conquest) group is a renowned Iranian filmmaking team which focuses on the stories of the Iran-Iraq war and depicts real narratives of the war. The group was put together by Martyr Morteza Avini who was killed years after the war by explosion of a trapped mine left from the war.

Iran-Iraq War and

Money in Fronts

A question has always been in my mind that if it is possible to deal with subjects that are not so much dealt with and even might be considered somehow critical. It seems that the film “Deportees (Ekhraji-ha)” and publication of some notes about the Sacred Defense (Iran-Iraq War) made this atmosphere more debatable. The subject “Money in War” was made more attractive to me when I heard from some of veterans that they went to the fronts with no money on with them and returned as they went (with no money). It means they didn’t need money when they were in the fronts. The same seems so impossible for us in 2015.

Eduction Ministry Oral History During 8 Years of Imposed War

In 261st program of “Memory Night”, Ali –Asghar Fani narrated his memories from the 8 years of War and Education Ministry attempts According to the report by Iranian Oral history Website, 261st program of Memory Night was held in Arts Center (Hozeh-ye Honari) on September 24th.

We were cut off guard; we were not prepared for such a war at its onset

Residents of border areas would hear sounds from borders all their life and sometimes these sounds were repeated for so long that no one could even foresee the onset of a war. First days of war narrated by a woman who was born and raised in Abadan are described as follows: we were in shock and perplexity, with sounds coming from the other side of the border, a war started and continued for 8 years in violence and brutality.