"Life in Prison" Introduction by Abbas Milani

In advance of a conversation with journalist and author Bahman Ahmad Amouee about his recent book Life in Prison (Mazda, 2020), we are sharing the introduction to his book to help provide some background: 

"Love in the Time of Despotism," by Abbas Milani (Director of the Hamid and Christina Moghadam Program in Iranian Studies). 

A Persian translation by Erfan Sabeti is available here. 

Learn more about the conversation here.