The Devout Communist: A Portrait of an Assyrian Family in Iran

By Denise Hassanzade Ajiri   Chapter One: Fallen from Eden   My Assyrian great grandfather planned to become a priest. He became a communist instead. I first came to know him as a child at the house of his daughter, my mother’s maternal aunt, Nora, in Iran’s capital, Tehran. His midsize photo hung on the … Continue reading The Devout Communist: A Portrait of an Assyrian Family in Iran