Guzārish-i yak daurān; Sī sāl-i zindagī-i Yahūdiyān-i Īrānī

Judaism is deeply bound to history: ritual reading of the Torah, Talmudic narratives, and an ethic of remembrance that runs from the joyful Passover Seder to the mournful Ninth of Av. Yet, too often, remembrance is treated as obligation rather than lesson. Iran’s Jews, with a long, eventful past, remain under-documented in recent decades: after 1357 many writers emigrated; those who stayed often adopted caution, leaving only scattered items in community bulletins such as Tamūz and Ufuq-i Binā, both fostered by Hārūn Yashayāʾī. This book offers his first-hand chronicle—critical in tone, frank about setbacks, and grounded in newly released documents—so the record is not left unwritten. Not a panegyric but an evidence-led report, it invites other witnesses to add their accounts and help complete a usable history of contemporary Iranian Jewry.