Presence in Evin prison for a Speech
It was the time after evening prayer and I prayed there. I stayed there for two or three hours and they talked to me. The officer and head of Qalhak police station was a bad and malicious person and harassed me. Then they took it to the joint committee. More interrogations were carried out in the joint committee and from there they were transferred to Evin prison.The Commencement of the Imposed War on September 22, 1980
The first significant maneuver by the Ba'athist Iraqi regime in the Dezful region was the obliteration of the radar positioned atop the Abu Salibi Khat heights. At precisely 4:16 AM on September 22, 1980, the radar was targeted and demolished, thereby incapacitating its ability to monitor the dawn of that fateful final summer day. To ensure complete destruction, the Iraqi warplanes returned at 6:40 PM on the same day.Distribution of Declarations in Saudi Arabia
The 2500th Anniversary Celebrations of the Monarchy
When the state celebrations of the 2500th anniversary of the monarchy were held in Iran in 1971, Imam Khomeini issued a proclamation against the Shah and the Iranian government. He then asked us, the students, to take this declaration—addressed to Iranian pilgrims, to make them aware of the true nature of the Shah's regime—to Saudi Arabia and distribute it among the Iranian pilgrims during the Hajj season.An Excerpt from the Narratives of Andimeshk Women on Washing Clothes During the Sacred Defense
The Last Day of Summer, 1980
We had livestock. We would move between summer and winter pastures. I was alone in managing everything: tending to the herd and overseeing my children’s education. I purchased a house in the city for the children and hired a shepherd to watch over the animals, bringing them near the Karkheh River. Alongside other herders, we pitched tents.Efforts to Inform the Villagers
Nasrin Barkhan: "We were a group that all of us had direct contact with Mr. Mehdi Farodi; the meetings, trainings and courses we had, all of these were done in Mr. Farodi's house. For an instance, we used to spread some of the Imam's announcements here and there; we went to the villages and did some propaganda with Maryam Farodi and one of the other children; we talked with the villagers.Memoirs of Commander Mohammad Jafar Asadi about Ayatollah Madani
As I previously mentioned, alongside Mehdi, as a revolutionary young man, there was also a cleric in Nurabad, a Sayyid, whose identity we had to approach with caution, following the group’s security protocols, to ascertain who he truly was. We assigned Hajj Mousa Rezazadeh, a local shopkeeper in Nurabad, who had already cooperated with us, ...Exile for keeping Imam Khomeini
One of the mosques that moved in the line of the Imam and the name of the Imam was mentioned [in it] and the name of the Imam of the matter was called, was our mosque (Jalili Mosque), as I said, after the death of Ayatollah Boroujerdi, I did not introduce anyone other than the Imam as a reference. That I always took the positive side of the case and did not say anything that would weaken other authorities or insult them and ...Excerpt from the Book of Oral History of the Army and the Islamic Revolution
Two Narratives on the Events of September 8, 1978
"On September 8, most of the military personnel feigned illness and did not participate in enforcing martial law. I know of a battalion commander who had come from Maragheh to Tehran, only to head to Shahr-e Rey to his sister's house. When his sister asked him why he had come to Tehran, he replied, 'I am a battalion commander enforcing martial law.'Iraq's Movements Before Start of the War
Narrated by Ali Tahayyori
As the Imam had ordered, we sought to pursue the path of providing military training to various people, in line with creating the 20-million Army he intended. Imam used to say that we should move toward forming a public mobilization and make it so strong that no superpower in the world can covet our Islamic homeland, our religion and our Ummah.How the Tabriz Army Barracks Were Seized
The major explained the plan like this: "When you first enter, tell him to hand over the weapons. Once he puts the guns on the table, grab them and give them to me, since I’m the military man here. Then, tell him to hand over his pistol as well. He might comply, or he might refuse, possibly even shooting one of you. In that case, I’ll fire back with my Uzi.3
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Seizure of US embassy as narrated by Habibollah BitarafHabibollah Bitaraf was one of three first ideologues of the seizure of the US embay and a member of the coordination council of the den of the espionage. He who was studying Civil Engineering in Technical Faculty of Tehran University at that time has first-hand memoirs about the event.
Oral history education should not rely on individuals
Today, training is considered by the oral history experts as a key issue. According to Dr. “Ali Tattari”, oral history education needs to be processed in universities so that, by approving regulations and guidelines, the education of this science does not rely on individuals and does not suffer from a crisis with the slightest change in the country's political and economic climate.Filming the crime of Shah's agents in morgue
On that day [9th of Dey 1357 in Mashhad – December 30, 1978], the whole city was in chaos; the hospitals, the shops, and in addition to these, the movie theatre was burning in fire. Even, I heard that some people had gone and set fire some centers such as "Iran-America Society" or the ones connected to the foreigners. The clashes continued till almost sunset.
