A Tehran Honeymoon

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010

In 2005 Time magazine dispatched American-born journalist Azadeh Moaveni to Iran to cover Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's election. There, she fell in love, moved in with her boyfriend, became pregnant and got married- in that order. Her memoir Honeymoon in Tehran explores her experience and the tensions burdening modern Iranian life.

Event: Azadeh Moaveni will be speaking and signing books
Tuesday, February 17 at 7 pm
McNally Jackson Books
52 Prince Street, at Mulberry Street

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