TEHRAN -- Seyyedeh Zahra Hosseini, who was only 17 at the beginning of Iran-Iraq war, penned a memoir entitled “Da” retelling the calamities of Khorramshahr residents during the war.

The book was unveiled during a ceremony on Monday at the Tehran Art Bureau venue.
Director of the Islamic Ideology Dissemination Organization (IIDO) Hojjatoleslam Seyyed Mehdi Khamushi, the director of the Art Bureau, Hassan Bonyanian, author Minu Farshchi and several academics and writers attended the ceremony.
Seyyed Mehdi Khamushi referred to the book as a precious work, which will now be available for all Iranians.
He went on to say that truth can be transferred to others by those who have touched it with their heart and are able to recite it with sincerity to others.
Khamushi pointed out that the scene in which the teenage girl confronts her martyred father is one of the most startling parts of the book.
“The mission of the cultural foundations is to transfer these memoirs,” he added.
A short film containing reviews of the book by renowned Iranian directors Rakhshan Bani Etemad and Habib Ahmadzadeh were also screened during the ceremony.
In the dialect of Khorramshahr “da” means “mother”.