Tehran's Daughters

Two women. Two revolutions. A lifetime of exile and longing.

In 1978, seventeen-year-old Omid is forced to flee Iran on the eve of the Islamic Revolution, leaving behind a mother whose defiance against the regime has made her a marked woman. Arriving in America, Omid believes her stay will be temporary. But when her mother is declared a fugitive, her dreams of return collapse, and she is left to build a life in exile-one shaped by loss, resilience, and the echoes of a past she cannot escape.

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