In the Rose Garden of the Martyrs: A Memoir of Iran

The history of Iran in the late twentieth century is a chronicle of religious fervor and violent change -- from the Islamic Revolution that ousted the Shah in favor of a rigid fundamentalist government to the bloody eight-year war with Saddam Hussein's Iraq. But what happened to the hostage-takers, the suicidal holy warriors, the martyrs, and the mullahs responsible for the now moribund revolution? Is modern Iran a society at peace with itself and the world, or truly a dangerous spoke in the "Axis of Evil"?

Christopher de Bellaigue, a Western journalist married to an Iranian woman and a longtime resident of a prosperous suburb of Tehran, offers a stunning insider's view of a culture hitherto hidden from American eyes, and reveals the true hearts and minds of an extraordinary people.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 01/03/2006
ISBN: 9780060935368
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 7.82h x 5.88w x 0.72d

Review Citations: Foreword 05/01/2005 pg. 1