Frank E. Maestrone
Consul and Principal Officer in Khorramshahr in 1960-62
Frank E. Maestrone was born in Massachusetts in 1922. He received his bachelor’s degree from Yale University in 1943. He was a first lieutenant in the United States Army from 1943 to 1946. Frank E. Maestrone joined the State Department in 1948 and served in Austria, Germany, Egypt, Kuwait, and the Philippines. Mr. Hank Zivetz interviewed Mr. Maestrone in 1989.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.Scientific Secretary of the "Fourth National Conference on Oral History of Sacred Defense":
Critique Oral History Works to Prevent Repetition of Past Errors
The call for papers for the Fourth National Conference on Oral History of Sacred Defense and Resistance comes at a time when over 30 years of experience in publishing oral histories of the war have accumulated. Given the substantial quantity and quality of these works, it is now time for a thorough critique and evaluation.Qasemipour:
Oral History Does Not Belong to the Realm of Literature
Over twenty years have passed since the advent and expansion of oral history in Iran, yet "the proper method for documenting oral history interviews" remains a pressing concern for practitioners in this field. In the following interview, we explore the most scientifically sound approach to compiling oral histories. Mohammad Qasemi-Pour answers our questions on this matter.Behnaz Zarrabizadeh:
Study and Research as Foundations for the Authenticity of Narrators
The book Pari Khane-ye Ma (Our House’s pari), the latest work by Behnaz Zarrabizadeh, was unveiled in May 2024 at the Tehran International Book Fair. This work comprises the memories of nine families of martyrs—Bahadorbeigi, Bayat, Teymouri, Changizi, Hajibabaei, Sarabi, Azizi, Moradi, and Momeni—hailing from ...Oral History Training Requires Profound Discourse
Dr. Abolfazl Hasanabadi, a scholar in local history and director of the Astan Quds Razavi Manuscripts Center, shared his insights on oral history education in an interview with Iran’s Oral History site. He emphasized that oral history training has always been workshop-based and experiential. While short courses sometimes come with certification, two decades of experience in oral history training suggest that short-...A review of twenty years of oral history in Iran
Scientific and professional authority; perspective of Iranian Oral History Association
If a person has a personal library in his or her house, one or more oral history books are seen among them. In recent decades, the wave of book lovers has turned towards the field of oral history, and all this rising trend is owed to the activists in this field.Material Intellectual Property Rights of Oral History Work-7
It is among the narrator's rights to know from the ultimate goal of the interviewer and final confirmation of the text.
The importance of paying a decent fee to a methodical and scientific oral history project
Following our discussion of Material Intellectual Property Rights of oral history works, we have had an interview with “Yadollah Izadi,” one of the narrators of the Sacred Defense era, and a researcher and activist ...The crime that will never be forgotten
Eyewitnesses narrate the event of 17th of Shahrivar 1357
17th of Shahrivar 1357 (September 8, 1978) recalls a bitter day in the memory of Iran's revolutionary people. On this day, a large number of Iranian people were martyred in Tehran's Shohada (Jaleh) Square by the forces of the Pahlavi regime. According to many experts, the massacre of the people on this day, removed the ambiguity over the attitude of the Pahlavi regime toward the popular protests and showed the people the real motive of the regime.Material and Intellectual Rights of Oral History Works-1
The publication "Sureh Mehr" focuses on respecting the equal rights of the parties
The genre of oral history has been among the most popular works in Iran in the last two decades, and when a book based on oral history is written and published, it will most likely be on the publishers bestseller list. There have been cases where the author and the publisher, after a book has appeared in the publishing market, have been challenged over the material and intellectual rights of the book.1
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Here I remember something that breaks the continuity, and I have to say it because I may forget it later. In Evin Prison, due to the special position that we and our brothers held and our belief in following the line of Marja’eiyat [sources of emulation] and the Imam, we had many differences with the Mujahedin.The credibility of the commanders
According to the Iranian Oral History website, the “Conclusion of the Fourth National Conference on the Oral History of the Sacred Defense and Resistance” was held on Saturday morning, March 24, 2025, in the presence of oral history activists, in the Qalam Hall of the ...Excerpt from the Memoirs of Mehdi Chamran
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