Prisoner of Tehran : one woman's story of survival inside a torture jail /
[Prisoner of Tehran : the end of childhood in Iran]
Marina Nemat.
- London : John Murray, c2007.
- viii, 280 p. : ; 24 cm.
Aged sixteen, Marina Nemat was arrested for reasons she didnt understand and taken to Evin, Tehrans notorious prison. Her world was about to change for ever. Mariana was interrogated, tortured and finally sentenced to death. At the last moment, her prison guard snatched her from the firing-squad bullets but demanded a shocking price in return: marriage to him and conversion to Islam. She spent her time in jail as his secret bride, always hoping she would be able to go home and be free of her horrific memories of Evin prison.
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Women political prisoners--Iran--Biography. Political prisoners--Iran--Biography.
Iran--History--1979-1997. Iran--Politics and government--1979-1997.