Baba Nazar ( fa, بابا نظر) 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

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and

Iran–Iraq War The Iran–Iraq War was an armed conflict between Iran and Iraq that lasted from September 1980 to August 1988. It began with the Iraqi invasion of Iran and lasted for almost eight years, until the acceptance of United Nations Security Council ...

. 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 ( fa, دودمان پهلوی) was the last Iranian royal dynasty, ruling for almost 54 years between 1925 and 1979. The dynasty was founded by Reza Shah Pahlavi, a non-aristocratic Mazanderani soldier in modern times, who ...

before the

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. Then he goes to Iran–Iraq War. He describes the war operations with great detail. He says of all the 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

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an Iranian

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politician and former

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an Iranian military commander, Mojtaba Rahmandoust an Iranian

politician and

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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

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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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