This book examines the role that memory of conflict plays in the context of Iran's recent history. It will be of interest to social anthropologists, historians and those with an interest in Iran's recent past and future. This book was originally published as a special issue of Visual Anthropology.

Today, with which elements & values should we look at the Iran-Iraq war memorials & ceremonies? To what extent will war museums & materials culture be influenced by these new values? Even at the turn of the 21st century, anyone walking through Iranian cities will have found traces of the terrible, almost unimaginable, human losses.