Off the radar

In November 1979, the world's attention was focused on the sixty-six American hostages in Iran's U.S. embassy. But another international incident also simmered in the background. Several kilometers from the embassy, another American was behind bars. His whereabouts were unknown to anyone but his Iranian wife, Shahin. Max Copeland, a corporate executive working in Iran, had been seized by Revolutionary Guards and accused of espionage. Unable to get results from the U.S. government, Shahin launches her own operation to save her husband. She breaks all the rules of her stringent patriarchal society but is ultimately successful in getting him released and out of the country. Their son is the author of this book.