The revolution of February 1979 was a revolt of the society against the state. In some of its basic characteristics, the revolution did not conform to the usual norms of Western revolutions, because the state did not represent just an ordinary dictatorship but an absolute and arbitrary system that lacked political legitimacy and a social base virtually across the whole of the society. This book is one man and his family's journey to escape tyranny and embrace freedom. Told in his own words, the real-life story of the author symbolizes the hope that the Iranian people will once again arise from the deprivation of religious extremes.