In 1982, 16-year-old Marina Nemat was arrested on false charges by Iranian Revolutionary Guards and tortured in Tehran's notorious Evin prison. At a time when most Western teenaged girls are choosing their prom dresses, Nemat was having her feet beaten by men with cables and listening to gunshots as her friends were being executed. She survived only because one of the guards fell in love with her and threatened to harm her family if she refused to marry him. Soon after her forced conversion to Islam and marriage, her husband was assassinated by rival factions. Nemat was returned to prison but, ironically, it was her captor's family who eventually secured her release. An extraordinary tale of faith and survival, Prisoner of Tehran is a testament to the power of love in the face of evil and injustice.

Prisoner of Tehran: A Memoir

Biographies & Memoirs

Nemat, Marina

Community & Culture

Penguin Canada

In the international bestseller Prisoner of Tehran, Marina Nemat chronicled her arrest, torture, and two-year imprisonment in Iran’s notorious Evin prison at the age of sixteen. Yet her journey was far from over. 
 After Tehran is a moving account of Nemat’s struggle to overcome her past and break the silence about her detainment. Following her escape from Iran, she builds a new life in Canada with her husband and infant son. But Nemat is haunted by survivor’s guilt. She feels increasingly compelled to speak out about what happened to her in prison, even if it means revealing the painful secrets she’d much rather forget. As her riveting story eventually becomes a bestselling book, Nemat’s life is forever changed. She gains the strength to confront her past, re-engage with her distant father, and emerge from the emotional ravages. Her story is one of courage and recovery, an amazing tale of resilience written by a truly inspiring woman.

After Tehran: A Life Reclaimed

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

VIKING

280 pages of excellent text, with some great photos. Marina Nemat's peaceful childhood in Tehran was shattered when the Iranian Revolution of 1979 ushered in a new era of Islamic rule. She ended up in prison, and was sentenced to death. This is the astonishing account of her courage and quest for freedom. First Edition.

Prisoner of Tehran

Penguin Books Canada, Limited

In 1982, 16-year-old Marina Nemat was arrested on false charges by Iranian Revolutionary Guards and tortured in Tehran's notorious Evin prison. At a time when most Western teenaged girls are choosing their prom dresses, Nemat was having her feet beaten by men with cables and listening to gunshots as her friends were being executed. She survived only because one of the guards fell in love with her and threatened to harm her family if she refused to marry him. Soon after her forced conversion to Islam and marriage, her husband was assassinated by rival factions. Nemat was returned to prison but, ironically, it was her captor's family who eventually secured her release. An extraordinary tale of faith and survival, Prisoner of Tehran is a testament to the power of love in the face of evil and injustice.

Prisoner of Tehran : One woman's story of survival inside a torture jail

John Murray

Nemat tells of her harrowing experience as a young iranian girl at the start of the islamic revolution in january 1982, the 16-year-old student activist was arrested, jailed in tehrans infamous evin prison, tortured and sentenced to death ali, one of her interrogators, intervened moments before her execution, having used family connections with ayatollah khomeini himself to reduce her sentence to life in prison the price: she would convert to islam (she was christian) and marry him, or he would see to it that her family and boyfriend, andre, were jailed or even killed she remained a political prisoner for two years nemats engaging memoir is rich with complex characters - loved ones lost on both sides of this bloody conflict ali, the man who rapes and subjugates her, also saves her life several times - he is assassinated by his own subordinates his family embraces nemat with more affection and acceptance than her own, even fighting for her release after his death nemat ret

Prisoner of Tehran: The End of Childhood in Iran

Free Press

Nemat tells the heart-pounding story of her life as a young girl in Iran during the early days of Ayatollah Khomeini's brutal Islamic Revolution--arrested, tortured, and sentenced to death for "political crimes."--From publisher description.

Prisoner of Tehran (Thorndike Press Large Print Biography Series)

Thorndike Pr

Follows the author's tragic childhood in 1980s Iran, which was shaped by war, the Khomeini regime, and her work as a teen anti-propaganda activist, efforts for which she was brutally beaten and sentenced to death before a guard offered to save her and protect her family if she would convert to Islam and marry him. 75,000 first printing.

In her heartbreaking, triumphant, and elegantly written memoir, Prisoner of Tehran, Marina Nemat tells the heart-pounding story of her life as a young girl in Iran during the early days of Ayatollah Khomeini's brutal Islamic Revolution. What would you give up to protect your loved ones? Your life? In her heartbreaking, triumphant, and elegantly written memoir, Prisoner of Tehran, Marina Nemat tells the heart-pounding story of her life as a young girl in Iran during the early days of Ayatollah Khomeini's brutal Islamic Revolution. In January 1982, Marina Nemat, then just sixteen years old, was arrested, tortured, and sentenced to death for political crimes. Until then, her life in Tehran had centered around school, summer parties at the lake, and her crush on Andre, the young man she had met at church. But when math and history were subordinated to the study of the Koran and political propaganda, Marina protested. Her teacher replied, "If you don't like it, leave." She did, and, to her surprise, other students followed. Soon she was arrested with hundreds of other youths who had dared to speak out, and they were taken to the notorious Evin prison in Tehran. Two guards interrogated her. One beat her into unconsciousness; the other, Ali, fell in love with her. Sentenced to death for refusing to give up the names of her friends, she was minutes from being executed when Ali, using his family connections to Ayatollah Khomeini, plucked her from the firing squad and had her sentence reduced to life in prison. But he exacted a shocking price for saving her life -- with a dizzying combination of terror and tenderness, he asked her to marry him and abandon her Christian faith for Islam. If she didn't, he would see to it that her family was harmed. She spent the next two years as a prisoner of the state, and of the man who held her life, and her family's lives, in his hands. Lyrical, passionate, and suffused throughout with grace and sensitivity, Marina Nemat's memoir is like no other. Her search for emotional redemption envelops her jailers, her husband and his family, and the country of her birth -- each of whom she grants the greatest gift of all: forgiveness.

Prisoner of Tehran: One Woman's Story of Survival Inside an Iranian Prison

Featuring trusted series editor Christopher Doda and acclaimed guest editor Marina Nemat, this ninth installment of Canada's annual volume of essays showcases diverse nonfiction writing from across the country. Culled from leading Canadian magazines and journals, The Best Canadian Essays 2017 contains award-winning and award-nominated nonfiction articles that are topical and engaging and have their finger on the pulse of our contemporary psyches.

The Best Canadian Essays 2017 (The Best Canadian Essays in English)

Essays & Correspondence

Tightrope Books, Inc.

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Prisoner of Tehran: A Memoir

After Tehran: A Life Reclaimed

After Tehran: A Life Reclaimed

Prisoner of Tehran

Prisoner of Tehran : One woman's story of survival inside a torture jail

Prisoner of Tehran: The End of Childhood in Iran

Prisoner of Tehran (Thorndike Press Large Print Biography Series)

Prisoner of Tehran: A Memoir

Prisoner of Tehran: One Woman's Story of Survival Inside an Iranian Prison

The Best Canadian Essays 2017 (The Best Canadian Essays in English)