{"product_id":"tehran-diaries-trade-paperback","title":"Tehran Diaries (Trade Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRE-ORDER NOW! The estimated release date is 5 August 2026. Please note your complete order will only ship once the Pre-Order item becomes available.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOver Iran, the sky is falling in. The US-Israeli bombardment has begun: there are bodies beneath the rubble. The Ayatollah is dead. The guards have abandoned the prisons. The rain is black with fuel; it burns the skin and the streets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this searing and contemplative work, writer, academic and Tehran resident Raha Nik-Andish documents life in the Islamic Republic in the days and months leading up to “Operation Epic Fury.” In a rarely-seen portrait of a regime in freefall, this is Tehran on the brink; the crushed protests over the collapse of the currency; the taxicabs circling the city for work; the burned out garbage cans and the taped-up windows.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat does it mean to exist under siege? Or repression, blackout and total fear? How do you get the message out?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePiercing, poignant and delicately observed, this is the vital story of a city at the end of the world - and an act of witness against darkness.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Raha Nik-Andish","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47384367759538,"sku":"9781806491582","price":234.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/9191\/8002\/files\/9781806491582.webp?v=1779450090","url":"https:\/\/www.wordsworth.co.za\/products\/tehran-diaries-trade-paperback","provider":"Wordsworth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}