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Waking Up in Tehran: Love & Intrigue in Revolutionary Iran

M. Lachlan White

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Description:A unique, firsthand account of the Iranian Revolution told by an American who first traveled there as a human rights investigator, Waking Up in Tehran explores the aftermath following the overthrow of the Pahlavi dictatorship and its replacement with an Islamic republic under Ayatollah Khomeini. The book chronicles the process whereby an unwanted theocracy was imposed on a secular country and the methods used to deceive people into supporting the Ayatollah Khomeini. It recounts the brutality of the violent, bloody crackdown by the Ayatollahs against the new democratic opposition, including the author’s arrest, interrogation, and imprisonment. Throughout these years, the author was in close touch with Iranian political activists who provided inside glimpses of ongoing turmoil and antitheocracy rebellion. She joined a growing resistance movement—hundreds of thousands who protested against the Islamic transformation of education, culture, and political life. Through direct observations and through her engagement with a wide spectrum of Iranians in various levels of Iranian culture, the author pieces together what has really happening: how and why the Islamic Republic had been created—and by whom.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Waking Up in Tehran: Love & Intrigue in Revolutionary Iran. To get started finding Waking Up in Tehran: Love & Intrigue in Revolutionary Iran, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 576

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Trine Day

Release: 2013

ISBN: 1937584488

Description: A unique, firsthand account of the Iranian Revolution told by an American who first traveled there as a human rights investigator, Waking Up in Tehran explores the aftermath following the overthrow of the Pahlavi dictatorship and its replacement with an Islamic republic under Ayatollah Khomeini. The book chronicles the process whereby an unwanted theocracy was imposed on a secular country and the methods used to deceive people into supporting the Ayatollah Khomeini. It recounts the brutality of the violent, bloody crackdown by the Ayatollahs against the new democratic opposition, including the author’s arrest, interrogation, and imprisonment. Throughout these years, the author was in close touch with Iranian political activists who provided inside glimpses of ongoing turmoil and antitheocracy rebellion. She joined a growing resistance movement—hundreds of thousands who protested against the Islamic transformation of education, culture, and political life. Through direct observations and through her engagement with a wide spectrum of Iranians in various levels of Iranian culture, the author pieces together what has really happening: how and why the Islamic Republic had been created—and by whom.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Waking Up in Tehran: Love & Intrigue in Revolutionary Iran. To get started finding Waking Up in Tehran: Love & Intrigue in Revolutionary Iran, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Waking Up in Tehran: Love & Intrigue in Revolutionary Iran

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