It is an uncertain time in Iran, discontent with the Shah is building among the young, educated university students such as Doctor and Pasha’s guilt inreases a hundredfold when he is taken by the Shah’s secret police, found because of Pasha’s inadvertent actions. Because of this he struggles with his feelings of love for Zari, warring with his feelings for guilt about betraying Doctor and having feelings for his girl. Pasha himself is in a similar situation- he has been in love with Zari, the girl next door even though she is betrothed (and has been since her birth) to a man known as ‘Doctor’, who Pasha both admires and looks up to. Ahmed is in love with Faheemeh but is devastated when he learns from her brothers that the parents of a university student are approaching hers about an arranged marriage. Pasha is 17, living in Tehran in 1973, spending summer on the rooftops with his best friend Ahmed.
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