Mohammad Doroudian ( fa, محمد درودیان) is an Iranian writer, historian, researcher and
theorist. Doroudian was born on 1959 in
Tehran
Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...
, and actively writes about the history of the
Iran-Iraq War.
[
] He holds a BA in History from
Shahid Beheshti University.
[
] More than seventeen books have been published by Mohammad Doroudian so far. He is one of the elect of the 31st
Iran's Book of the Year Awards
Iran's Book of the Year Awards is an annual award about books in categories of religion, social sciences, language, applied sciences, art and literature.
It is the most prestigious book award in Iran and is granted by the Iranian president during ...
[
] and the winner of the 8th
Holy Defense Year Book Award.
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Life and educations
Mohammad Doroudian was born in
Tehran
Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...
,
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
in 1959. He spent elementary school in one of the lower schools of Tehran. But because of the poor financial situation, he was forced to work and earn a living, so he went to night school in the second year of secondary school. Since 1980, his studies were interrupted by his presence in the
Iran-Iraq War. In 1987, he was admitted to
Shahid Beheshti University, but again due to the war he began his studies with two years delay in 1989. He finally completed his university studies in 1992 and obtained his bachelor's degree in history.
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Careers
He has various responsibilities over the years, some of which include:[
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* Established war historiography section in Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC; fa, سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی, Sepāh-e Pāsdārān-e Enghelāb-e Eslāmi, lit=Army of Guardians of the Islamic Revolution also Sepāh or Pasdaran for short) is a branch o ...
* Designing and organizing the Iran-Iraq war journalistic newsletter project
* Head of the Office of War Studies and Research at the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran
* Secretary of the Threats and Coping Group in the Strategic Research Center at the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran
* Advisor to the Secretary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran
* Secretary of Deputy of Defense Secretariat at the Supreme National Security Council
Supreme National Security Council (SNSC; fa, شورای عالی امنیت ملی ''Showrāye Āliye Amniyate Mellī'' also ''Supreme Council for National Security'') is the national security council of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the current ...
* Editor-in-Chief of the Iran-Iraq War Quarterly Journal (''Negin'')
Awards
Mohammad Doroudian was one of the elect of the 31st Iran's Book of the Year Awards
Iran's Book of the Year Awards is an annual award about books in categories of religion, social sciences, language, applied sciences, art and literature.
It is the most prestigious book award in Iran and is granted by the Iranian president during ...
in 2014[ and the winner of the 8th Holy Defense Year Book Award in 2003.][
Also, his book "Ravande Payane Jang" was one of the Top Books of the 10th Holy Defense Year Book Award in the field of military research in 2006.][
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Bibliography
* Beginning to End: A Review of Political-Military Events of the Iran-Iraq War From the Basis of the Iraqi Invasion to the Ceasefire[
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* The war inevitability[
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* End of War: Analysis of Political-Military Events of the Iran-Iraq War From Operation Walfajre 10 to the Occupation of Kuwait[
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* Basic War Questions: A Critique of the Iran-Iraq War[
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* Iran-Iraq War Analysis: War, Restoration of Stability; An Overview of Military Political Developments from 1980 to 1982[
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* The Iran-Iraq War, Subjects and Issues[
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* Khorramshahr to Faw: Military-Political Study of the Iran-Iraq War after Liberation of Khorramshahr to Conquest of the Faw and Liberation of Mehran[
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* Khorramshahr in a Long War: A Review of Political-Military Events in Khorramshahr Before the Islamic Revolution Till the Invasion of the Iraqi Army and the Epic Report of the City's Bloody Resistance[
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* Bloody Town to Khorramshahr: Investigation and Military-Political Events of the War From the Basis of the Iraqi Invasion to the Liberation of Khorramshahr[
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* The process of the end of the war[
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* Shalamcheh to Halabja: A Study of the Political-Military Events of the conflict with the United States in Persian-Gulf in 1987[
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* The Causes of Continuing War[
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* Faw to Shalamcheh: Study of military-political events of the Iran-Iraq war from the end of Operation Walfajre 8 to the end of Operation Karbala 8[
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* Strategic options for war[
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* Analyzing the Iran-Iraq War: An Introduction to a Theory[
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* Battle of East Basra: Design, Command and execute of operation Karbala 5[
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* Basic issues of war in the published works of the Army and the Corps[
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Theories
Doroudian's theories are often about the political and historical events in Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
. Some of his most important theories include declaring 25 October 1980 as the day of the fall of Khorramshahr instead of 26 October 1980. According to his narrative, the countdown to the fall of Khorramshahr began on 16 October 1980 and ended on 25 October 1980. According to the available documents and reports, the defenders of Khorramshahr fought with zeal until the last moment.[
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See also
* Majid Gheisari
Majid Gheisari (Persian: مجید قیصری; born December 24, 1966, in Tehran) is an Iranian writer and novelist.
He has won the International Eurasia Award from Russia for ''the premier novel'' in 2018.
Majid Gheisari has been a referee a ...
* Tahereh Saffarzadeh
Tahereh Saffarzadeh ( fa, طاهره صفارزاده , 1936 in Sirjan, Kerman Province, Iran – October 25, 2008 in Tehran, Iran) was an Iranian poet, writer, translator and prominent university professor.
Education
She received her BA in E ...
* Seyyed Mahdi Shojaee
''Democracy or DemoCrazy'' is a political satire novel wrote by Seyyed Mahdi Shojaee in Persian and translated to English by Caroline Croskery. ''Democracy or DemoCrazy'' was published by Candle and Fog Publishing in 2014. This book also publish ...
* Ahad Gudarziani
Ahad Gudarziani (or Ahmad Gudarziani) is a writer, researcher and journalist who is known for his resistance literature works in Iran. He was honored at the Second and Third ''Celebration of Sacred Defense Journalists and Writers Conference'' fo ...
* Masoumeh Abad
Masoumeh Abad ( fa, معصومه آباد; born 5 September 1962) is an Iranian author, university professor, and conservative politician.
She was a member of the fourth Islamic City Council of Tehran and it's Director of Health Division. Abad ...
* Ahmad Dehqan
* Akbar Sahraee
Abu'l-Fath Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar (25 October 1542 – 27 October 1605), popularly known as Akbar the Great ( fa, ), and also as Akbar I (), was the third Mughal emperor, who reigned from 1556 to 1605. Akbar succeeded his father, Hum ...
* Holy Defense Year Book Award
* Saeed Akef
* Hamid Reza Shekarsari
References
External links
Mohammad Doroudian on Goodreads
Mohammad Doroudian Book Reviews
Mohammad Doroudian Books on Gisoom
Mohammad Doroudian opinion about United Nations Security Council Resolution 598
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1959 births
Living people
Iranian male writers
Writers from Tehran
Persian-language writers
Recipients of the Holy Defense Year Book Award
Iranian people of the Iran–Iraq War
Shahid Beheshti University alumni