Flight of the Patriot: Escape from Revolutionary Iran

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This is a gripping, page-turning memoir of a US-trained Iranian fighter pilot who flew in the Shah of Iran?s and the Ayatollah Khomeini?s air force. Sharifirad was shot down in the Iraqi-Iranian war in the early 1990s. Saved by a group of local Kurds, he returned to Iran where he became a national hero. A movie, called Eagles, based on his rescue, was made in Iran in 1984. Sharifirad?s story was also published in Iran in a book called Crash on the Fortieth Mission. Shortly after his return to Iran, the Ayatollah sent him to Pakistan as military attach?. When he returned toTeheran, he was accused of being a CIA spy and was imprisoned, interrogated, and tortured. Sharifirad served a prison term and upon his release, despite constant surveillance, managed to smuggle his family out of the country. Eventually, he too managed a harrowing escape from Iran via Turkey to Canada, where he now lives with his family in Vancouver. The book also provides an absorbing hist

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Manufacturer	Thomas Allen Publishers, Inc.	Author	Sharifirad, Yadollah
NumberOfItems	1	Item Weight	1.25 Pounds
ItemDimensions	6.38 x 1.05 x 9.15Inches	binding	Hardcover
Amazon Category	Books » Biographies » Historical Biographies » Historical Middle East Biographies	Amazon Category	Books » Biographies » Memoirs
Amazon Category	Books » History » Middle East History » Iran History	ISBN	0887625266
EAN	9780887625268

Weight	1.25 lbs

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