Baba Nazar () is a book written by Hossein Beyzayi and edited by Mostafa Rahimi and

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. The book is the result of oral interviews with Mohammad Hassan Nazarenejad, during which the narrator recounts his stories about

Iranian Revolution The Iranian Revolution (, ), also known as the 1979 Revolution, or the Islamic Revolution of 1979 (, ) was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1979. The revolution led to the replacement of the Impe ...

and

Iran–Iraq War The Iran–Iraq War, also known as the First Gulf War, was an armed conflict between Iran and Iraq that lasted from September 1980 to August 1988. Active hostilities began with the Iraqi invasion of Iran and lasted for nearly eight years, unti ...

. Mohammad Hassan Nazarenejad known as ''Baba Nazar'', the narrator of this book, was in the Iran–Iraq War for 140 months who died eight years after the war because of war injuries, in 1997.

Synopsis

The book formed from 36 hours conversation of Hossein Beyzayi with Mohammad Hassan Nazarenejad in 1996 which is recorded in video form and the fate of those films is unknown. But the words and sentences of the interviews have become text after recording. Overall, this book is a memoir of Mohammad Hassan Nazarenejad in

time and

time. In the beginning, The narrator talks about his campaign activities against the

Pahlavi dynasty The Pahlavi dynasty () is an List of monarchs of Iran, Iranian royal dynasty that was the Pahlavi Iran, last to rule Iran before the country's monarchy was abolished by the Iranian Revolution in 1979. It was founded in 1925 by Reza Shah, Reza S ...

before the

revolution In political science, a revolution (, 'a turn around') is a rapid, fundamental transformation of a society's class, state, ethnic or religious structures. According to sociologist Jack Goldstone, all revolutions contain "a common set of elements ...

. Then he goes to Iran–Iraq War. He describes the war operations with great detail. He talks about all his moments in the war and depicts hopes and frustrations, fears and immunities, anxieties and reliefs. This book has been compiled in eighteen chapters. The last part of the book is devoted to photographs and documents. The book is the result of dozens of hours of oral history narration by Mohammad Hassan Nazarenejad dictated to Hossein Beyzayi. Beside the oral history, the book also contains autobiography by the narrator.

Publication

The book was first published in Persian by Sooreh Mehr Publication in 2009, which has had more than 55 reprints in four years, according to the publishers. The book was translated from Persian to English and Published in August 2014 by Sooreh Mehr Publication.

Reception

Ezzatolah Entezami an

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an Iranian

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politician and former

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Yahya Rahim Safavi Yahya "Rahim" Safavi (, born 1952) is an Iranian military commander who served as the chief commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Currently , Safavi is serving as a senior military advisor to the leader of the Islamic revolution. Ad ...

an Iranian military commander, Mojtaba Rahmandoust an Iranian

politician and Parviz Parastui an Iranian actor and singer, they have praised this book and write notes for it. The book was selected as the ''Outstanding Book'' in the ''Memoirs Section'' of the Thirteenth Holy Defense Year Book Award.

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{{Authority control Iran–Iraq War memoirs Iranian memoirs Oral history books Novels set during the Iran–Iraq War Persian-language books Iranian biographies 2009 non-fiction books

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