{"id":158855,"date":"2025-08-08T14:33:57","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T11:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/?p=158855"},"modified":"2025-08-08T14:33:57","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T11:03:57","slug":"a-tribute-in-memory-of-prof-karim-soleimani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/?p=158855","title":{"rendered":"A Tribute in Memory of Prof Karim Soleimani"},"content":{"rendered":"

I find myself missing you deeply, Professor\u2014your steady gaze and the calmness in your voice that always called my name gently. Whenever I was overwhelmed or anxious, you would say to me: \u201cStay calm, my daughter.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Every daughter is blessed with two fathers if she\u2019s lucky: one who gives her life, and another who teaches her how to live. You were that second father to me.<\/p>\n

I will never forget my first conference. I told you I was nervous about presenting. You advised me, \u201cLook just two centimeters above the last person\u2019s head and slowly sweep your eyes from left to right. Everyone will feel you\u2019re looking right at them.\u201d Whenever I see someone anxious about public speaking, I share this advice proudly, reminding them it came from my teacher. Just this noon, I gave that same advice again.<\/p>\n

I will never forget the day I spoke at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Seeing my trembling hands, you leaned down gently and whispered: \u201cCalm down, my daughter… we are here with you.\u201d<\/p>\n

The watch I\u2019ve worn for fifteen years\u2014the one I bought with the sixty thousand tomans you gave me as payment for a paper\u2014is a precious reminder. Back then, I was just a second-year student, a quiet voice amid the chaos. Whenever I\u2019m tired or worn out, I touch that watch and lost in memories, I tell myself: \u201cStay calm, my daughter.\u201d<\/p>\n

Today, when Meysam sent me the message about your passing, I was left in shock\u2014bewildered at how a university could ever be emptied of your blessed presence. I found myself remembering those hard days\u2014the ones when I couldn\u2019t write, when my heart had turned away from the field. And in those moments, it was your calm and steady voice that told me:
\n\u201cYou are gifted, my daughter. Try to become rich in life and surround yourself with people who are rich – rich in ethics and rich in material.\u201d
\nAnd how hard I tried to become that kind of rich… for myself, and for the sake of your advice.<\/p>\n

I don’t know how I will bring myself to step again into Beheshti’s history department hallway; where your office was behind the first door; where, after I knocked, you would always say: “Come in, my daughter.\u00a0 Welcome!”<\/p>\n

Today, the Iranian history community is in disbelief. It has lost Karim Soleimani Dehkordi\u2014one of its most honorable and wise professors.<\/p>\n

Since this afternoon, I\u2019ve received several missed calls and messages from old classmates, asking if the news of your passing is true. I\u2019ve lost count. I don\u2019t have the strength to respond. Even now, as I write these words, I can barely hold back my tears.<\/p>\n

I already miss you, Professor\u2014miss the way you gently called my name and said:
\n\u201cHello, my daughter.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. Karim Soleimani was a faculty member and professor of history at Shahid Beheshti University. He passed away on Sunday, August 4, 2025. Born in 1957, he held a Ph.D. in Iranian Studies from the University of Bamberg in Germany.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I find myself missing you deeply, Professor\u2014your steady gaze and the calmness in your voice that always called my name gently. Whenever I was overwhelmed or anxious, you would say to me: \u201cStay calm, my daughter.\u201d Every daughter is blessed with two fathers if she\u2019s lucky: one who gives her life, and another who teaches […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":158856,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1129],"class_list":["post-158855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-zoroastrians","tag-karim-soleimani"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=158855"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158855\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/158856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=158855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=158855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.amordadnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=158855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}