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When Maziar Bahari left London in June 2009 to cover Iran’s
presidential election, he assured his pregnant fiancée, Paola, that
he’d be back in just a few days, a week at most. Little did he
know, as he kissed her good-bye, that he would spend the next three
months in Iran’s most notorious prison, enduring brutal
interrogation sessions at the hands of a man he knew only by his
smell: Rosewater.
For the Bahari family, wars, coups, and revolutions are not
distant concepts but intimate realities they have suffered for
generations: Maziar’s father was imprisoned by the shah in the
1950s, and his sister by Ayatollah Khomeini in the 1980s. Alone in
his cell at Evin Prison, fearing the worst, Maziar draws strength
from his memories of the courage of his father and sister in the
face of torture, and hears their voices speaking to him across the
years. He dreams of being with Paola in London, and imagines all
that she and his rambunctious, resilient eighty-four-year-old
mother must be doing to campaign for his release. During the worst
of his encounters with Rosewater, he silently repeats the names of
his loved ones, calling on their strength and love to protect him
and praying he will be released in time for the birth of his first
child.
A riveting, heart-wrenching memoir, Then They Came for Me offers
insight into the past fifty years of regime change in Iran, as well
as the future of a country where the democratic impulses of the
youth continually clash with a government that becomes more
totalitarian with each passing day. An intimate and fascinating
account of contemporary Iran, it is also the moving and wonderfully
written story of one family’s extraordinary courage in the face of
repression.
“A beautifully written account of life in Iran, filled with
insights not only into the power struggles and political
machinations but into the personal, emotional lives of the people
living in that complicated country. Maziar Bahari is a brave man
and a wonderful storyteller.”
–Fareed Zakaria, author of The Post-American World
“Maziar Bahari is a visionary reporter, a deep soul, and a
breathtakingly beautiful writer. Then They Came for Me will have
you aching for the ones you love, furious at the evil of extremism,
and inspired by the heroism of one extraordinary family. I
can’t recommend this book highly enough – it will forever change
how you view Iran, your family, and your own capacity for
resilience.”
–Bruce Feiler, author of Walking the Bible and The Council of
Dads
“A riveting, brutally honest account, Then They Came for Me is
one of the most powerful prison memoirs I have ever read. This
haunting and unforgettable book will make you angry at the prison
that is today’s Iran, and happy that a fine journalist like Maziar
Bahari escaped to tell the truth about the regime.”
–David Ignatius, author of Body of Lies
”Maziar Bahari’s story is at once political and personal, and
this account of his family’s journey and his own captivity in Iran
is both illuminating and touching. If you want to understand
modern-day Iran and experience a fascinating human story, read this
book.”
–Evan Thomas, author of Sea of Thunder and The War Lovers
“An extraordinary personal account of the summer of 2009, when
young protestors poured into Iran’s streets, of Bahari’s
imprisonment during the savage repression that followed, and of the
love that helped to set him free.”
–Christopher Dickey, author of Securing the City
“Then They Came for Me is the story of those who fight to inform
and enlighten their society. Fortunately, Iran is not only a
country of Ahmadinejads and mullahs, the country is also blessed
with plenty of Maziar Baharis.
–Shirin Ebadi, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and author of
Iran Awakening
“A fascinating walk through Iran’s tumultuous recent history.
Students of the region will welcome Mr. Bahari’s insightful
contribution.”
–Joseph Wilson, former U.S. Ambassador and author of The
Politics of Truth
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