{"product_id":"tehran-diaries-dispatches-from-iran-under-siege","title":"Tehran Diaries : Dispatches from Iran under Siege","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRaha Nik-Andish\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback, 96 pages\u003cbr\u003e9781806491582\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVivid and precise dispatches from life in the Iranian capital told from behind the blackout\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOver Iran, the sky is falling in. The US-Israeli bombardment has begun: there are bodies beneath the rubble.\u003cbr\u003eThe Ayatollah is dead. The guards have abandoned the prisons.\u003cbr\u003eThe rain is black with fuel; it burns the skin and the streets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this searing and contemplative work, writer, academic and Tehran resident Raha Nik-Andish documents life in the Islamic Republic in the days and months leading up to \"Operation Epic Fury.\"\u003cbr\u003eIn a rarely-seen portrait of a regime in freefall, this is Tehran on the brink; the crushed protests over the collapse of the currency; the taxicabs circling the city for work; the burned out garbage cans and the taped-up windows.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat does it mean to exist under siege? Or repression, blackout and total fear? How do you get the message out? Piercing, poignant and delicately observed, this is the vital story of a city at the end of the world - and an act of witness against darkness.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Profile Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43257134972963,"sku":"9781806491582","price":18.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2514\/8624\/files\/39E35AF5-2AC6-4145-9D7D-9FC8B14087F2.jpg?v=1782815866","url":"https:\/\/wardahbooks.com\/products\/tehran-diaries-dispatches-from-iran-under-siege","provider":"Wardah Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}