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Saturday 27 June 2009

The Tehran Transmission: Chilling coincidence or what?





On Wednesday, June 17 I received from my publisher a pdf of the cover of The Tehran Transmission. I was pleased with it. It's the hand that's relevant for this post.



A couple of hours later, I went out to buy a Daily Mail and was surprised to note an article on Iran’s restrictions on foreign media – with a photograph of a bloody hand that seemed to echo the book’s cover.




As my book is about the events leading up to the Islamic Revolution, there’s a certain amount of irony involved here, since the current Iranian government is using both the verbal excuses and tactics employed by the Shah the present regime ousted in 1978!

Now if only Libros would get the book off the printer, perhaps some publicity could be engendered… I live in hope.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Nik, Let's hope that co-incidence is a good omen for a successful launch.

Nik Morton said...

Thanks, Rob. I won't hold my breath, though...