Ten Months in Iran
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Author(s)John F Simpson
PublisherRubric Publications Inc
ISBN / ASIN097550990X
ISBN-139780975509906
AvailabilityUsually ships in 24 hours
Sales Rank3,424,667
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
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Ten Months in Iran is a true story about Americans working in Iran and their troubles, challenges and stress of working in an Islamic country where you can be jailed for urinating on a wall or in the direction of Mecca. It also points out the moral abandonment of a few while away from friends and family. The author escaped from Iran just prior to the Ayatollah’s return During the author’s last night in Isfahan he stood on the roof of his house near the University of Isfahan and watched the gun fights between soldiers and rioters. After he returned home to Ohio he found out that a few of the Iranian Army and Air Force officers and men he became friends with were executed when the Ayatollah seized power. This is also a love story because the author fell in love with a beautiful, young Iranian woman who he had to leave behind.