Search Results for Iran-Iraq War

...Minoo Moallem Abstract This article focuses on the post–Iran-Iraq War representations of the martyr figure, with a close reading of the film Safar be Chazzabeh . The author interrogates the gendered representation of martyrdom and masculinity as central to the narration of the postwar films. She...

... as inspiration for the most popular song of the Iran-Iraq War (1980–88) in terms of melody, rhythm, and lyrics. Kurdizadeh, a visibly Black Iranian, is not popularly remembered as the source of the eulogy, an omission that compounds many of the politics of Black representation in Iran. Through an investigation...

... of martyrdom in the Iranian cinema of sacred defense, originally conceived to depict the spiritual dimensions of the Iran-Iraq war (1980-88). I explore the foundational role of this genre in the postrevolutionary Iranian cinema and its development in concert with television. I then argue that representations...

...Shahla Talebi Talebi’s essay emerges at the intersection of the state’s appropriation of martyrdom and the subject’s ethos and act of self-sacrifice, which exceed and transform that appropriation. Through a close reading of two letters sent from the front during the Iran-Iraq War (1980-88...

...' historical settings, the deposition of the shah and the Islamic revolution in Iran in the first and the Iran-Iraq war and the exile of the protagonist in Europe in the second, the losses are portrayed through intergenerational stories, cultural exile, and the difficulties of return, as well as the direct...

... of Iran-Iraq war, can be said to have ancient antecedents in the country’s epic narratives, lyrical love odes, and mystical poetry. Such images as these differ from the more obvious proponents of martyrdom found...

... 1988 Iran-Iraq War resulted in an estimated one mil- and cultural policy. In early 1996, supporters of lion casualties and economic costs of five hundred President Rafsanjani formed a new political party, billion to one trillion dollars. At its peak, the con- the Kargozaran-e Sazandegi (Executives...

... environment. With the advent of the Iran-Iraq war in September 1980, the IRGC eventually joined the traditional military, the Artesh , in protecting the country from the foreign invader. Throughout the eight-year war, the IRGC gained more power, while the Artesh was weakened. Today, the IRGC is the most...

... the afterlives of martyrs and migrants from the Iran-Iraq War to the contemporary asylums and unnamed sites of death that mark so much of the contemporary transnational refugee crises of the region and beyond. The section ends with Sima Shakhsari's provocative analysis of the racial logic of sanctions...

... as a result of the continuing was also expressed in the announcement by confl icts in Iraq, such as the Iran-Iraq war be- the Syrian government in 2004 of a plan called tween 1980 and 1988, the fi rst Gulf war in 1991, Mawqib al-Sabaiya, which aims to build new Shi‘i...

... Iran, God s mirac­ul­ ous pres­ence in the rev­ol­ u­tion and duri­ ng the Iraq War seems a dis­tant mem­ory. For a grow­ing num­ ber of Iran­ ia­ ns, the very idea that God would troub­ le him­self to inter­vene in hist­ory on the side of the peo­ ple would appear sus­pect, if not hopel­essly removed...

... for the fall, recovery, and liberation of However, they were much more vigorous and Iraq. Today, a grown- up Ali often appears with a Pamela Karimi and Christiane Gruber sustained during Iran’s eight- year war with Iraq smiling face, holding a British passport between ( – ). In the wake...

... was the first country to have a good position towards us after the revolution; especially in relation to the Iran-Iraq War, it had taken the best position. . . . We have severed ties with the United States, and it is natural that other countries should meet our needs.” 37 Later, in an open session...

... and of Prizad’s work, in this respect, lies in its en- 175 the bloody war between Iran and Iraq that de- gagement with Iranian Armenian women’s (read stroyed the city of Abadan as its fi rst target. women as a minority) traditional roles at home The emergence of a novel entirely focused...

..., by mous for their human-wave tactics during the Iran-Iraq War. Special Rapporteur Maurice Copithorne; United Nations General 67 Hojatoleslam Ali Yunesi, speaking to the Administrative Council of Assembly, Situation of Human Rights...

... friends in dancing to punk rock. During the Iran-Iraq war, Overall, this multidisciplinary work is an important as Iraqi bombs begin to fall on Tehran, as news from the contribution to our knowledge of ethnicity and the so...

... went on were given legal backing. In addition, her reasons as follows: the beginning of the Iran/Iraq war and the rise in politi- I didn’t want to live underground or die a martyr in cal repression against opposition groups had a nega- prison…. I was also very worried about my children. I...

... in Iran after the end of constitution of Iran’s Islamic Republic? If by “re- the Iran-­Iraq war (1980 – 88). It was the reformer public,” one means a modern democratic form Islamic philosopher Abdolkarim Soroush who of state based on the sovereignty of people, coined the controversial...

... in relation to massacres, ghosts, and haunting in the greater Middle Eastern geography and beyond. Imperial occupations, colonial projects, nationalist wars, and sectarian conflicts have wrought death in devastating numbers in Iraq, Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, Iran, Kurdistan, and Yemen—decades-long...

... for the problems that are not simply about the institutions and structure of the state and society but about culture in general. While some brothers devoted themselves to the front lines of Holy Defense [the Iran-Iraq War], we devoted our efforts to a cultural revolution. To continue our revolutionary struggle we...