Sacred Defense book to be rendered into English, Arabic



20 November 2011

Sacred Defense Values Publication and Preservation Organization in Mazandaran Province will translate two of its publications into English and Arabic.

IBNA: In an interview with IBNA, Javad Sahraei, publication manager of the organization, said the chosen books are Red Snow by Hussein Mortazavi Kiasari and Four Seasons by Ali Akbar Khavarinejad.

As he said, the translations will be prepared by prominent English and Arabic language masters of the province. The final renditions will be put on public display at the 25th Tehran international Book Fair.

The Four Seasons is martyr Jafar Shirsavar's memoir. Together with martyr Dr Mostafa Chamran, Shirsavar was involved in Sousangerd and Hoveizeh missions.

Red Snow, on the other hand, is based on the memories of martyr Habibolah Eftekharian's wife about his position in Marivan, Kurdistan.



 
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