Marji ’s world is shattered when Uncle Anoosh is executed, and she renounces her faith in God. Marji grows very close to Uncle Anoosh, but he’s eventually arrested by the regime and becomes a political prisoner. He also gives her a swan carved out of bread, which is a lot nicer than a swan made from origami paper (because you can probably eat it). Uncle Anoosh teaches Marjane much about the world. because the Iranian regime believed him to be a spy. Marjane's mother and father often attend political protest rallies, kind of like a more violent Occupy Wall Street, and support revolutionaries when they can, including many of Marji’s family members, like Uncle Anoosh. A bloody conflict called the Iran-Iraq war strains the political situation even further. The Islamic Revolution is just the beginning of years of political and religious turmoil in Iran. Suddenly, Marji ’s being forced to wear a veil at her school, which is now segregated between boys and girls. Instead, the old government led by the Shah of Iran has fallen in the Iranian revolution, and a new regime of hardcore Islamic fundamentalists has established what they call the Islamic Republic of Iran. As the graphic novel Persepolis begins, it's 1980 in Iran, and Marjane Satrapi isn't rocking out to Michael Jackson or watching Dallas.
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