How The Iranian Revolution Of The 70s Affected A Family

04/22/22 • 25 min

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When my guest this week, Neda Toloui - Semnani’s grandfather walked across the dessert to Tehran in search of work decades ago, he decided on a surname for his family. Toloui (of sunrise), and Semnani (of Semnan). This is just one of the stories described in Neda Toloui - Semnani’s new memoir, They Said They Wanted Revolution: A Memoir of my Parents. Her book chronicles the story of her parents, two young Iranian students who where swept up with the revolution of the 70s. Although Neda was very young at the time of the revolution, she pieces together the story of her father’s arrest because of his activism as a leftist and continues her story from there.

Ezra

PS: Yes, I know this is late, I'm very sorry.

Ezra

PS: Yes, I know this is late, I'm very sorry.

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