Reza Kahlili

A Time to Betray: The Astonishing Double Life of a CIA Agent Inside Iran's Revolutionary Guard (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A true story as exhilarating as a spymaster's spying exploits, as disturbing as today's headlines from the Middle East, the 2010 National Best Book Award winner *Time to Betray* reveals what no previous memoir from a former CIA officer perhaps could: the inner workings of Iran's notorious revolutionary Guardians of the Islamic Republic, as witnessed by an Iranian man inside their ranks who spies for the U.S. government. It is a human story, a tale of family and friendships torn apart by a terrorist regime, and how the adult choices of three childhood classmates during the Islamic Republic resulted in heartbreaking and tragic fates. This is the stunningly brave account of one man's decade-long commitment to leading a harrowing double life that informs the beloved country of his birth, a place that once offered the promise of freedom and enlightenment-but is instead ruled by deadly violence and soul-crushing repression. Reza Kahlili grew up in Tehran surrounded by his entangled family and two spirited boy friends. Iran allowed young Reza to think and act freely, and even indulge a penchant for rebellious pranks in the face of the local mullahs. His political and personal freedoms flourished while studying computer science at the University of Southern California in the 1970s. But his sobering time in America was cut short by the sudden death of his father, and Reza returned home to find a country on the cusp of change. The 1979 revolution plunged Iran into a dark age of religious fundamentalism under Ayatollah Khomeini, and Reza, clinging to the hope of a Persian renaissance, joined the Revolutionary Guard, the elite force at the behest of the Ayatollah. But as Khomeini's tyrants prevailed, his countrymen turned on each other, and after the horrors he witnessed inside Evin Prison, Reza's disillusioned return to America became a dangerous "Vali," a CIA spy. In the wake of an Iranian election that sparked global outrage, and at a time when Iran's nuclear program is gripping the world's anxious attention, Reza's revelations of betrayal could not be more powerful or timely. Now resigned from his secret life to reclaim precious time with his loved ones, Reza Kahlili documents scenes from history with heartfelt clarity, as he provides vital information from the Iran-Iraq War, the Beirut Marine barracks bombings, the disasters of Pan Am Flight 103, the Iran-Contra scandal, and more...a series of incredible events culminating in a nation's fight for freedom that continues to this day.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Obeikan
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Altersempfehlung: ab 16 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Juli 2025
• Arabisch
• ISBN-13: 9786035091060
• Artikelnr.: 76028460