Unveiled: One Woman's Nightmare in Iran Book

Attractive, educated in Oxford, and a respected journalist, Cherry Mosteshar seemed the last woman likely to become a terrified Islamic bride: beaten if a wisp of hair showed from beneath her head scarf, forbidden from leaving the country without her husband's permission, and legally worth half of a man.

But Cherry wanted to return to the homeland she knew as a child. Filled with ideals and longings, she hoped to help the fundamentalist-ruled nation to enter the twentieth century. Instead, she ended up a virtual slave in a nation where a woman constantly experiences fear and degredation.

This is Cherry's true story -- from her arrival into a monstrous marriage where she became justo ne of her husband's wives, to her harrowing years as a victim of his sexual whims and his violent outbursts, to her heroic struggle to maintain her identity while a prisoner stripped of all rights and dignity, to her plight as a terrified victim ready to do anything to save her own life and escape...

This harrowing story of life in modern Iran is told from the unique perspective of a foreign journalist and Islamic bride. Mosteshar returned from Oxford to her homeland of Iran with the aim of explaining her country to the world. But when the religious revolution transformed the country into a conservative Islamic state, she was thrust into the frightening life in Iran under the mullahs. of photos.