We asked several researchers and activists in the field of oral history to express their views on oral history questions. The names of each participant are listed at the beginning of their answers, and the text of all answers will be published on this portal by the end of the week. The goal of this project is to open new doors to an issue and promote scientific discussions in the field of oral history.
I fell silent for a moment. Oh God, what should I do? On one hand, these people were opposing me, and on the other hand, he was a Muslim and wounded. I was at a loss. Should I stand by and watch him die? Finally, I broke the silence and said to them, "We bear a humanitarian responsibility. This man is wounded and needs our assistance. This man is wounded and needs our assistance. Moreover, he is a prisoner and likely possesses information that could be useful to our forces."
We asked several researchers and activists in the field of oral history to express their views on oral history questions. The names of each participant are listed at the beginning of their answers, and the text of all the answers will be published on this portal by the end of the week. The goal of this project is to open new doors to an issue and promote scientific discussions in the field of oral history.
At the beginning of October, coinciding with Sacred Defense Week, the 372nd Night of Memories was held on September 25, 2025, in the Sooreh Hall of Arts Center. The host opened the program with a warm welcome, reminding the audience that for more than thirty-three years, this gathering has kept the flame of remembrance of the warriors and martyrs alive at the beginning of every month.
One night, while deploying a reconnaissance patrol, we detected enemy access routes advancing toward our own positions. Under the cover of darkness, they were moving forward to dig trenches. It appeared that the enemy was planning a limited operation against our forces—an action that could have posed a serious threat to the units stationed along the front line.
Oral history is an engaging branch of historical and sociological studies that opens a pathway into the world of lived experiences, memories, and individual narratives. This approach is particularly significant for understanding social, cultural, and identity history, as many layers of people’s lives remain silent in official and written documents.
In late September 1980, I was monitoring real-time reports on our forces’ activities in the village of Nashweh. Each passing day saw an increase in our wounded and dead due to ground assaults, airstrikes, and guerrilla operations by popular forces. The first attack by the Iranian army against our forces occurred on September 29, 1980, carried out by a brigade of the 92nd Armored Division.
We asked several researchers and activists in the field of oral history to express their views on oral history questions. The name of each participant comes at the beginning of the answer and the text of all the answers is on this portal by the end of the week. The goal of this project is to open new doors to an issue and promote scientific discussions in the field of oral history.
In the final month of autumn, Andisheh Hall hosted a dignified gathering where veterans, former prisoners of war, selfless combatants, and disabled veterans renewed their covenant with the martyrs. This annual assembly was far from an ordinary reunion; rather, it served as a meaningful occasion to remember names whose acts of self-sacrifice remain profoundly tangible even after more than four decades.
Philosophers refer to anything that exists—or possesses the potential to exist—as an object. This concept may manifest in material forms, abstract notions, and even human emotions and lived experiences. In other words, an object encompasses a vast spectrum of beings and phenomena, each endowed with particular attributes and characteristics, and apprehensible in diverse modalities.
We asked several researchers and activists in the field of oral history to express their views on oral history questions. The names of each participant are listed at the beginning of their answers, and the text of all answers will be published on this portal by the end of the week. The goal of this project is to open new doors to an issue and promote scientific discussions in the field of oral history.
According to the Oral History website, a meeting for critique and review of the book “Oral History: Essence and Method” was held on Monday morning, November 10, 2025, with the attendance of the book’s author, Hamid Qazvini, and the critics Mohammad Qasemipour and Yahya Niazi, at the Ghasr-e Shirin Hall of the National Museum of the Islamic Revolution and Sacred Defense.
After years of studying the theoretical foundations of oral history, conducting numerous interviews and going through their post-interview stages, as well as reading the available body of oral history literature, I was eventually given the opportunity to evaluate the edited versions of dozens of oral history projects.
The 372nd Night of Memory – Part 3
Managing Oral History Interviews
From Nowhere-Land to Utopia
Unveiling of the book: “Oral History: What and Why” — Report 2 (Final)
Exploring The Concept of Time, Place and Narrator in the Interview Process
The 371st Night of Memories – 1
Active Listening in Oral History Interviews
