A Prison Story Iran (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781522719533)

M e h r i D a d g a r joined the movement against the Shah and participated in the 1979 revolution in Iran. Two and a half years after the revolution she was arrested for distributing pro-democracy newspapers in the streets of Tehran. After she spent five years in political prison, she wasn't allowed to leave the country for eight years until 1994. Before immigrating to the United States, she studied at the Art University in Tehran. Since living in America, she exhibited her paintings and received her MFA from the California State University of Long Beach. After her research and Quran studies she began lecturing at universities and libraries about misconceptions in the practice of Islam and how false doctrines clash with the peaceful teachings of the Quran. Dadgar currently lives in the Bay Area with her husband.