Part 1
The revolution in Iran against its monarch, the Shah, which was called "Islamic" later, took place in 1979. I was a senior high school student in the first grade of that time in Tehran. I was a very good student scoring A in all subjects with great aspirations. My father, being a naval force military himself, wanted me to become a medical doctor, and he had instilled it in me that I think I wanted to be really a medical doctor myself. It was my father's dream initially and later mine too. however, things did not go very well after the revolution. Immediately after the revolution, in 1980, Iraq attacked Iran's cities with its troops, tanks, and jet fighters. The very first day, I cannot forget at all. As if it were yesterday that my younger brother Kiavash and myself were terrified by black Iraqi jet fighters that bombarded Tehran's International Airport that happened to be next to our apartment. We saw everything through our huge windows and were trembling with utmost fear. I was 17 and Kiavash was 15 at that time. I received my high school diploma in Experimental Science in 1982. I had chosen Experimental Science over Mathematics and Physics just to fulfill my father's dream.
The revolution in Iran against its monarch, the Shah, which was called "Islamic" later, took place in 1979. I was a senior high school student in the first grade of that time in Tehran. I was a very good student scoring A in all subjects with great aspirations. My father, being a naval force military himself, wanted me to become a medical doctor, and he had instilled it in me that I think I wanted to be really a medical doctor myself. It was my father's dream initially and later mine too. however, things did not go very well after the revolution. Immediately after the revolution, in 1980, Iraq attacked Iran's cities with its troops, tanks, and jet fighters. The very first day, I cannot forget at all. As if it were yesterday that my younger brother Kiavash and myself were terrified by black Iraqi jet fighters that bombarded Tehran's International Airport that happened to be next to our apartment. We saw everything through our huge windows and were trembling with utmost fear. I was 17 and Kiavash was 15 at that time. I received my high school diploma in Experimental Science in 1982. I had chosen Experimental Science over Mathematics and Physics just to fulfill my father's dream.
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