IRAN 1980-81: A REPORTER’S DIARY
Among The Believers and Would-Be Leavers
My first overseas reporting trip was to Iran nearly half a century ago. Coincidentally it was also my first overseas trip. I have the Iraqis to thank for it. I was a reporter with New Delhi magazine (which shut shop in 1981) in its namesake city. In 1979, soon after the Islamic revolution toppled Shah…