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Marina Nemat's peaceful childhood in Tehran was shattered when the Iranian Revolution of 1979 ushered in a new era of Islamic rule. After complaining to her teachers about lessons being replaced by Koran study, Marina was arrested late one evening. She was taken to the notorious prison, Evin, where she was interrogated and tortured. Aged sixteen, she was sentenced to death. <i>Prisoner of Tehran</i> is the astonishing account of one woman's remarkable courage in the face of terror and her quest for freedom.
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Prisoner of Tehran, Marina Nemat
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- 2007
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- Title
- Prisoner of Tehran
- Subtitle
- The End of Childhood in Iran
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Marina Nemat
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Released
- 2007
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 280
- ISBN10
- 0719562511
- ISBN13
- 9780719562518
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Biographies, Women, Autobiographies & Memoirs, Biographies, Canada, Iran, Canadian Literature, Near and Middle East
- Description
- Marina Nemat's peaceful childhood in Tehran was shattered when the Iranian Revolution of 1979 ushered in a new era of Islamic rule. After complaining to her teachers about lessons being replaced by Koran study, Marina was arrested late one evening. She was taken to the notorious prison, Evin, where she was interrogated and tortured. Aged sixteen, she was sentenced to death. <i>Prisoner of Tehran</i> is the astonishing account of one woman's remarkable courage in the face of terror and her quest for freedom.