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In 2013, Americans learned that a former FBI agent turned private investigator, who disappeared in Iran in 2007, had been there on a mission for the CIA. Robert Levinson's mission was secret and the hunt to rescue him revealed the shadowlands between crime, business, espionage, and the law, where secrets are currency and betrayal is commonplace.

Examines the Iran hostage crisis of 1979-81--during which over fifty Americans were held captive by Iranian militants for 444 days--and the events that led to it, comparing America's actions in the Middle East in the 1970s and early 1980s with its actions there in the early twenty-first century.

"Explores the long history and culture of Iran, discussing the rise of the Ayatollah, the election of current president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, diplomatic relations with countries in Europe and the United States, and the importance of Iran in the global economy"--Provided by publisher.

Chronicles the role of Canadian ambassador Ken Taylor, his wife, and embassy staffers, in concealing six American diplomats in their homes after they escaped the hostage situation that occurred when Iranian students seized the American embassy in 1979.

Learn about Iran's history, government, major cities, land features, natural resources, culture, and more! The book closes with a facts page including Iran's population, total area and official languages, as well as images of the country's flag and currency.

American counterterrorism operative Mitch Rapp rushes to pull the world back from the brink of nuclear war when Iran blames the U.S. and Israel for an attack that has left a radioactive bomb and environmental disaster in the middle of Iran's second largest city.

Lieutenant Commander Ryan Cross and his Shadow Squadron are assigned to extract a rogue CIA agent from Iran, but the agent claims he had to sever communications in order to complete his mission to create discord between two separate terrorist groups--and he wants the Shadow Squardron to help him.

Explores how Iran's history of empire, foreign invasion, and religious revolution, as well as cultural, literary, religious, and intellectual movements, has influenced the country's national identity.

"This story of the virus that destroyed Iran's nuclear centrifuges ... shows that the door has been opened on a new age of warfare--one in which a digital attack can have the same destructive capability as a megaton bomb dropped from an airplane"--Provided by publisher.