The Soul of Iran: A Nation's Struggle for Freedom

By Afshin Molavi

Categories: History

The Soul of Iran: A Nation's Struggle for Freedom (2005) by Afshin Molavi is a work of travel writing and reporting about Iran. Molavi, an Iranian-American journalist, travels across the country, visiting cities, shrines and historic sites and talking with students, clerics, merchants and activists. He weaves Iran's long history into their accounts of daily life under the Islamic Republic and their hopes for greater freedom.

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