Oral History News July-August 2024

Compiled by: Iranian Oral history Website
Translated by: Fazel Shirzad

2024-8-28

Note: According to Iran's Oral History website, "News of the Month" is the title of a series of reports on this website. These reports have a look at the news related to the topic of the site in written and virtual media. In the following, you will read news from July-August 2024.

►The book "Torman in the Passage of History" was published in Ilaf publications with the subject of Torman village in the central part of Lamerd city and authored by Masoud Zarei in 528 pages and using more than 80 oral and written sources.

►The 101-episode series "Lasting Experience" produced by Fatah's narrative documentary group, directed and produced by Yaser Tazami, will be broadcasted on Efoq Chanel. This documentary is based on the oral history of the formation of the Jihad TV group and the Fatah Narrative documentary group at the Fatah Narrative Cultural Foundation and is ready to be broadcast.

►The director of the headquarters of cultural and artistic centers of mosques in the Markazi province announced the holding of a preliminary oral history training course for mosque activists in this province.

►A one-day educational conference on empowering the oral history of the holy defense and the resistance front was held in Rasht with the presence of 60 researchers and writers of Gilani Noqalam at the Gilan National Libraries and Documents Organization.

►The fourth volume of the book "Oral History of the Islamic Revolution in Arak" including the narratives of 16 narrators of the Islamic Revolution was unveiled on July 27 at the General Directorate of Public Libraries of the Central Province.

► Public relations of the General Department of Culture and Islamic Guidance of Alborz province announced the holding of a one-day workshop on the oral history of the Holy Defense in this province, taught by Dr. Gholamreza Derkatanian.

►A meeting on the oral history of Radio Neday Qom in the sixties and seventies was held by the Qom Research Foundation on August 6 with the presence of the former director of Radio and Television of Qom province. Dr. Seyed Morteza Esmaili Taba said in this meeting: The history of audio and visual media (radio and television) and how they were formed, unlike the press, has been neglected in Qom.

► The Director General of Khuzestan Holy Defense Works and Publishing Values ​​said in the specialized workshop of Oral History and Holy Defense Encyclopedia: Sisters seminaries play an important and useful role in training revolutionary forces and teaching Holy Defense and Oral History, because effective educational work requires a coherent program.

►The official of Culture and Sustainability Studies Office of Henry Ilam district announced the beginning of the new round of activities related to the oral history of this center in the province.

►The head of the art department of Markazi Province said: The transformative view of the art department is to pay serious attention to sustainable literature and oral history, and the masses of people come to the field to record the ups and downs of contemporary history.

►The documentary maker and researcher of the oral history of Gilan said: At the same time as the anniversary of sending the largest public aid to the sacred defense fronts by the people of Gilan province, the oral memories of this event will be produced and documented.

► Director General of Preservation of Sacred Defense Artifacts in Semnan said: Compilation and recording of oral histories of people effective in the Holy Defense, compilation of the battalions' operational record, compilation of the role of institutions and villages and neighborhoods of Pishran during the revolution and the province's sacred defense are some of the things that should be given special attention.

►The cultural and social affairs advisor of the deprived areas of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance said: With the establishment of the Cultural Justice Center, the oral history movement will develop and expand in the cities of Khuzestan province.

►The Director of the Document Center and National Library of the province said: recording the oral history of old Yazd is one of the important priorities of the Document Center and the National Library of Yazd Province.

►Director General of Preservation and Publication of the Sacred Defense Values ​​of Yazd, on the eve of August 16, the anniversary of the return of the first group of freedmen to Iran, said: So far, five book titles containing memories of freedmen of the province have been edited and published in the form of oral history records.