English version of book on Iranian martyred mason released
1 October 2014
IBNA- The English version of the book ‘Borunsi’ on life and struggle of an Iranian commander during the Iraq-Iran war Martyr Borunsi was published and released by Malek A’zam publication institute.
According to IBNA correspondent a self-motivated team called “Jahad†led by Mohammad Boroumandi was engaged in translating this work written in Farsi by sa’eed Akef, into English.
The Persian and Arabic versions of ‘Borunsi’ have been widely received by the audience. These versions have been respectively had the print run of 600,000 and 1000,000 copies.
The book details the memories of martyr Abd ul-Hossein Borunsiso, a mason who joined the Iranian military forces at a war against Iraqi invaders.
The war former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein imposed on Iran which is known by the Iranians as “sacred defense†lasted about 8 years. Later, documents provided by the international organizations ascertained that it was Iraq which started a devastating war against Iran.
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