The Ministry of Guidance invites you to not stay

Hooman Majd, an American journalist born in Iran, disembarked at the Tehran airport in February 2011. With him were his wife Karri and infant son, Khash. The family planned to stay for a year, and Hooman, son of a diplomat under the Shah and grandson of an ayatollah, was looking forward to his visit, the first time he had lived in his homeland since childhood. His book recounts his family's domestic adventures and a tumultuous year in Iranian politics. The result provides an unusual insight into a little-understood country.