The Ayatollah and I () von Hadi Khorsandi

Translator's Introduction

Note to My English-Language Readers

PART ONE: IN WHICH Mr President Dr Bani-Sadr is completely surrounded by worries ... (1979-81)

Fable

The President's Diary 1

How to Run Basra

Ayatollah Montazeri Clarifies

Notice to Beloved Demonstrators

What Is Democracy? An Essay by Sadeq Sedaqat

The President's Diary 2

From the Supreme War Council

Communiqué

The President's Diary 3

Elections, An Essay by Sadeq Sedaqat

The President's Diary 4

Hojatoleslam Dungollahi, a Man, a Legend

Mr Brick Interviewed

The President's Diary 5

Last Tango in Paris

Miracle

PART TWO: IN WHICH everyone waits for the Imam to die ... (1981-83)

The Death of an Imam

What Will You Do If the Imam Dies? An Essay by Sadeq Sedaqat

On the Hazards of Smoking, An Essay by Sadeq Sedaqat

Friday Prayers Sermon 1

Financial News

Profession

Describe Spring, An Essay by Sadeq Sedaqat

Friday Prayers Sermon 2

Explain the Benefits of Agriculture, An Essay by Sadeq Sedaqat

Crime Report

Reliable Radio

Struggle

Bulletin

Knowledge or Wealth, Which Is Better? An Essay by Sadeq Sedaqat

The Imam's Will

Dear Doctor

The Eternal Struggle

PART THREE: IN WHICH nothing quite works out ... (1982 till Lord, how long?)

Not an Interview with Jackie Kennedy

It Didn't Quite Work Out 1

Exclusive: Interview with Oil Minister Petrollahi

Living in Darkness

Rafsanjani Reassures

Heart-to-Heart with Sister Roqi

It Didn't Quite Work Out 2

Vote Making

How to Block the Straits of Hormuz

Letter to Andropov

What News from Iraq?

It Didn't Quite Work Out 3

Friday Prayers at Hyde Park, A Glimpse of the Future

An American Conspiracy, by Alfred Hitchcock

Describe America, An Essay by Sadeq Sedaqat

McFarlane over the Moon

Fable