From Iran to America by Reza Mashayekhi

Author:Reza Mashayekhi
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: middle east, love story, iran, iranian, persia, middle eastern, tehran, shah of iran, iranian revolution, persian, shah, savak, cultural misunderstanding, persian folklore, reza, iranian islamic revolution, iranian love story, iranian story, islamic revolution, mahnaz, mashayekhi, mosaddegh, pahlavi, persian love story, reza mashayekhi, reza shah, shirin, sizdah beh dar, sizdahbedar
Publisher: BookBaby

Monarchy? Really?

“I can talk about Sara now,” I told Mahnaz. “I think you can now appreciate why she was so special to me.

“After these and many other disappointments, I had found someone with whom I clicked so beautifully. Is it any wonder that I felt so strongly about her? But maybe I was going too fast because she soon made it clear that she wanted me to take it easy in the romance department!

“I wish she had lied to me at the outset, and had said that she was still married, or that she was involved with someone, or something. For me, that would have created a real barrier, and things would have gone in an entirely different direction.”

“But you’re not a teenager!” Mahnaz commented.

“What does that have to do with anything? Falling in love when you’re older does not manifest itself in the same way as it does when you’re young. It’s different. The whole thing is different. It’s not like you want to jump in bed with somebody. I had found someone with whom I was comfortable, someone with whom I could talk about my good and bad moments, someone I could call and ask to bring me some food if I was, say, too sick to go out. Someone like that. Someone like you!”

Back in Iran, Sara and I had only interacted in conjunction with Shirin, and only in her presence. But now I was finally getting to know her.

She had successfully followed in her father’s footsteps in publishing business, both in Iran and the U.S. But at this point, she had sold her share of the business and was taking it easy. She was now more into fitness and drinking lots of green tea.

Even though she was younger than me, we had similar tastes in movies, songs, jokes, etc. Our political views were somewhat different, though. She’s sorry that the Shah was overthrown, and she is a fan of the Pahlavi Dynasty.

This doesn’t surprise me because her family’s fortune grew in large part because of the connections they had with that regime. What does surprise me is the fact that she still believes in monarchy! She says that the majority of Iranians don’t know what’s good for them, and that they need someone to guide them. But that’s true everywhere—in the U.S., Germany, France, etc. I don’t have a problem with governmental guidance. But monarchy?

“I like the Shah’s family, too” Mahnaz said.

“Good for you!”

Some Iranians miss the “good old days” because that’s how they made their fortune. I can understand that. But there are some who truly believe that only the owners of a particular DNA are capable of doing the guiding!

A number of Iranians are still hoping that there’s a miracle and the Shah’s son takes the country back from the ayatollahs. I’ve met some who even hope, openly, that America will help the Shah’s son by bombing key locations in Iran. Of course, they don’t want that to happen while they’re back there for

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