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New York Times Correspondent Flees Iran, the Country She Loves
Nazila Fathi was eight years old when the Islamic Revolution changed her country completely in 1979. After Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was re-elected president of Iran in 2009, hundreds of thousands of protesters took to the streets demanding his resignation. Fathi covered the story for the New York Times.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readNazila Fathi was eight years old when the Islamic Revolution changed her country completely in 1979. After Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was re-elected president of Iran in 2009, hundreds of thousands of protesters took to the streets demanding his resignation. Fathi covered the story for the New York Times. That led to threats against her safety, and she fled the country along with her family. Now, she's written a memoir, The Lonely War: One Woman's Account of the Struggle for Modern Iran, reflecting on her life and a changing country.
