Bahman Nirumand: The revolution is a monster | EUROtoday

When Bahman Nirumand was born in Tehran in September 1935, the nation had solely been referred to as Persia for a yr. Bahman grew up because the youngest of 5 kids and really near energy: his father served as the primary aide to the Shah of Iran, Reza Pahlavi. He slept in his uniform, and in entrance of the Nirumands’ stunning, massive home a automotive with its engine operating waited across the clock to take Bahman’s father to the palace at any time the Shah wished.

89 years later, Bahman Nirumand, the adjutant’s son, sits on the terrace of the Biobakhaus in Berlin-Dahlem. An outdated gentleman in a grey go well with with clean-shaven cheeks, his smartphone subsequent to his teacup, squinting within the mid-morning solar.