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Nemat tells the heart-pounding story of her life as a young girl in Iran during the early days of Ayatollah Khomeini's brutal Islamic Revolution--arrested, tortured, and sentenced to death for "political crimes."--From publisher description. Neʻemat bat shesh-ʻeśreh nidonah la-maṿet be-1982 bi-gelal biḳoret ʻal memshelet ha-Ayyatollah. Shomer ha-keleʼ hitsil et ḥayeha aval darash mimenah le-hitaslem ule-hinaśe lo. Be-sof hu norah u-met; hi higrah. [Sipur rigshi shel hiśardut].--from p. [4] of cover.