1979-1997

A biography of Great Britain's first woman Prime Minister.

The author describes the torture and pain she suffered as a political prisoner in Iran's notorious Evin prison during the early days of Ayatollah Khomeini's brutal Islamic revolution, her sentence of death for not releasing the names of her friends, and her forced relationship with one of her interrogators who eventually saves her life.

Explores the events that have taken place in the Gulf region of the Middle East between 1978 and 1991, discussing the rise in power of Saddam Hussein, the Iranian Revolution and Iran-Iraq War, invasion of Kuwait, and the Gulf War.

The author examines her life as an American-born Iranian and the frustration and confusion of trying to live in both worlds and describes her decision to move to Tehran as a journalist and the cultural, political, and social upheaval she encountered.

Provides an account of the changes taking place in Iran twenty years after the Islamic revolution, discussing the people and places that make up the country, and looking at the pressing issues in Iranaian life, including religious freedom, women's rights, freedom of expression, and others.

Discusses events leading up to the 1986 Iran-Contra scandal, wherein the Reagan administration sold guns to Iran in exchange for hostages and assisted rebels trying to overthrow the government of Nicaragua.

The author examines her life as an American-born Iranian and the frustration and confusion of trying to live in both worlds, and describes her decision to move to Tehran as a journalist and the cultural, political, and social upheaval she encountered.

The Iran of Reza Kahlili's youth allowed him to think and act freely. His political and personal freedoms flourished while he studied computer science at the University of Southern California in the 1970's. The sudden death of his father brought him back to an Iran he scarely recognized. The revolution of 1979 plunged Iran into a dark age of fundamentalism. In the hope of a Persian Renaissance, he joined the Revolutionary Guards, an elite force devoted to the Ayatollah. But Ayatollah Khomeini was becoming a fundamentalist tyrant and so Reza became "Wally", and worked for the CIA as he continued his life as a Revolutionary Guard.