Escape From Tehran

By Assad Aram

On September 20th 1978, without cause or warning, in a matter of hours, I lost my life, my family, my profession, and my identity. They were all stripped from me, and I was certain my future was stolen from me too. This is the story of a descent into hell, my own and my country's."Escape From Tehran," reveals the harrowing escape of a top Iranian government official from fanatic Muslim extremists and their Most Wanted Lists. Follow the author's plight from a get away from one of Iran's harshest prisons to covertly hiding in his aunt's attic for months to dodging Muslim authorities as he fled his homeland.Learn vis--vis the author's first hand quest to avoid execution and rejoin his American wife from Minnesota and their children back in the United States. "Escape From Tehran" provides critical insights into the downfall of Iran and linkages to how contemporary events from suicide bombings in a Baghdad suburb to the Arab Spring uprising are actually indigenous of events circa 1978.Ultimately, the genesis of this book stems from a tiny cell, three feet wide by eight feet in length.The narrative is more than a political diatribe; it is a compelling story about personal and political betrayal, survival and true insight beneath the veneer of today's vast Middle East media reports.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1492347620
• ISBN13: 9781492347620
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.6" x 6.0"