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About the
Author
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| Born in 1969 in Kirksville,
Missouri to a Cherokee mother and an Iranian father, Darius
Radmanesh spent the first nine years of his life like any
other precocious boy growing up in small town
America. |
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| In 1978, Darius's father moved
the family to Iran where their lives were forever changed by
the Islamic Revolt of 1979. Raised as a Christian, Darius and
his family endured appalling incidents inflicted by the
Iranian government while dodging attacks from Iraqi bomber
raids. |
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| At the age of sixteen, Darius
was yanked off the street by members of the Iranian Islamic
Guard (Hezbolah) and sent to the front lines to fight. With
the assistance of an Iranian Major, Darius was able to elude
his subjugators and escape into the mountains where he found
refuge amongst the Qashqai
nomads. |
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| Darius eventually linked up
with the U.S. State Department and was smuggled out of Iran
through the Persian Gulf, and on to Dubai and the American
Consulate. From there, Darius returned to his American
homeland, the boy now a war-wearied
man. |
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| Darius is committed to raising
awareness regarding the imminent global-threat posed by the
corrupt, Iranian regime and the plight of the Iranian people.
He currently resides in London with his wife and four-year-old
son. |
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