Da (Mother) 98

The Memoirs of Seyyedeh Zahra Hoseyni

No one spoke along the way, but they signaled to one another to be careful so often it scared me to death. Worried my footsteps on the dry grass and leaves would make too much noise, I tiptoed as I moved with the column. At the head of each alley we reached, the soldiers would signal us to stop while scouts reconnoitered.

We must be Awake while You Are Asleep

We wanted to set an exhibition, and I got a mission to come to Nasser Khosro Street, Haj Naib alley, where most of the publications and religious bookstores were located in there. At that time, the market for these types of books was extremely busy, unlike now, that it is not. Books encouraging struggle were at the top of books read by young people and students.

Review of the Series of Interviews about “Material Intellectual Property Rights of Oral History Works”

From Ignoring the Narrator’s Rights to Impose One’s Preferences in the Text

In the last months of 1402 SH, Iranian Oral History Website (oral-history.ir) conducted and published a series of interviews titled “Material Intellectual Property Rights of Oral History Works” with publishers, ...

The 351st Night of Memory

My brother is still present

The 351st show of Night of Memory was held on 4th of Aban 1402 (October 26, 2023) in Sooreh Hall of the Art Centre of the Islamic Revolution. The narrators of the show, Brigadier General Ali Asghar Keshavarz, Nasser Sharifian and Mr. Navidi recounted their memoirs about martyr Abbas Rostami who was a wrestler and the person ...

Boycott

A memory from Asadollah Tajrishi

At the beginning of my arrival in Evin Prison, I was taken to solitary confinement as always and after a few days, I was transferred to the public cell. The public cells had been located in two floors. The arrangement of these cells in the cells of 1355 and 1356 was such that on the lower floor, there was a ward ...

Da (Mother) 97

The Memoirs of Seyyedeh Zahra Hoseyni

Conditions had become so dangerous and the Iraqis had advanced so far there was no longer any need for me to beg to be taken to the front. Our front lines were falling one after another, and more and more of the central parts of the city were becoming battlegrounds. Because it was too hard to transport the wounded by car, aid workers who could ...

The 350th Night of Memory

Stable border

The 350th Night of Memory was held with the narration of Faraja Frontier on the September 28 of 2024 in the Surah Hall of the Islamic Revolution Arts Center under the title "Stable Border". In this program, Brigadier General Jalal Setareh, Second Brigadier Gholam Hossein Yaghobi and Kiast Sepehri; the border guard commander of Kermanshah ...

Oral History of Sacred Defense as Narrated by Ahmad Gholampour

The Commander of Karbala Headquarters

Volume 2

The second volume of the book Oral History of Sacred Defense which was narrated by Ahmad Gholampour, titled “the Commander of Karbala Headquarter”, was provided by Mohsen Rokhsattalab and finally compiled by Dr. Hossein Ahmadi; the book was published by the Sacred ...

Why did you get up so soon?

Zhian Panah was one of the elements who prevented the guys to pray which led them to go on strike. Once, I woke up earlier than the deadline, there was a three-story bed, and I was on the third story. There were also good guys in the lower stories. When I came down from the bed, Master Sergeant Moradi saw me, I did it every night, but I don't know what happened.
 

Loss of Memory in Pahlavi Prisons

In total, [I was in prison] about 6 years in two arrests. For the first time after several years, a soldier arranged my escape. I do not know why! Maybe he was one of the influential elements of Islamic groups. They took me to the hospital for the treatment of my hand, which was broken due to the callousness of an officer.

Hajj Pilgrimage

I went on a Hajj pilgrimage in the early 1340s (1960s). At that time, few people from the army, gendarmerie and police went on a pilgrimage to the holy Mashhad and holy shrines in Iraq. It happened very rarely. After all, there were faithful people in the Iranian army who were committed to obeying the Islamic halal and haram rules in any situation, and they used to pray.

A section of the memories of a freed Iranian prisoner; Mohsen Bakhshi

Programs of New Year Holidays
Without blooming, without flowers, without greenery and without a table for Haft-sin , another spring has been arrived. Spring came to the camp without bringing freshness and the first days of New Year began in this camp. We were unaware of the plans that old friends had in this camp when Eid (New Year) came.

Attack on Halabcheh narrated

With wet saliva, we are having the lunch which that loving Isfahani man gave us from the back of his van when he said goodbye in the city entrance. Adaspolo [lentils with rice] with yoghurt! We were just started having it when the plane dives, we go down and shelter behind the runnel, and a few moments later, when the plane raises up, we also raise our heads, and while eating, we see the high sides ...