"Deeply moving...A first-rate, highly readable intellectual history." -The Wall Street Journal
The drama that shaped today's Iran, from the Revolution to the present day.
In 1979, seemingly overnight--moving at a clip some thirty years faster than the rest of the world--Iran became the first revolutionary theocracy in modern times. Since then, the country has been largely a black box to the West, a sinister presence looming over the horizon. But inside Iran, a breathtaking drama has unfolded since then, as religious thinkers, political operatives, poets, journalists,...