Roland Elliott Brown

A place of paranoia, secrecy, corruption, hypocrisy and guilt

Hooman Majd's new book on Iran, The Ministry of Guidance Invites You to Not Stay, is his best yet

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  • The Ministry of Guidance Invites You to Not Stay: An American Family in Iran

    Hooman Majd

    Allen Lane, pp. 272

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