Another 2010 Mini Review
A Time to Betray
By Reza Kahlili
Threshold Editions
$26.00, hard cover, 340 pages, 978-1-2019-8903-0 (2010)
Want to understand how the leaders in Iran rule from someone on the inside? Want to know what it's like to be a spy for the American government in the Middle East? Want to read how one man led a double life as a Revolutionary Guard for the Ayatollah Khomeini while secretly feeding information to the CIA?
If you answered yes to any of those questions, then this is the book for you.
Reza Kahlili (not his real name) grew up in Tehran surrounded by friends and family. During that time, Reza was allowed to think and act freely and was even able to come to the U.S. to study computer science at the University of California in the 1970s.
But that freedom all disappeared with the Iranian revolution in 1979 when the Ayatollah Khomeini imposed religious fundamentalism in Iran and systematically terrorized his own people. This is the story of one brave man who pretended to be a devout Muslim in his own country while leaking vital information to the United States about some of the most well-known events of that time: the Iran-Iraq War, Pan Am Flight 103, the Iran-Contra affair, and others.
For a better understanding of the current situation in the Middle East, read this insider account of a country that has turned its back on the world – and its own people.
Buy it on Amazon here.
