Part 3
Well, it was very difficult, if not impossible, to find English books in Tehran after the revolution. School English textbooks, I had all known by heart and wanted to learn more but how? There was nothing left. No English newspapers were published anymore and all the English bookstores were either closed down or set ablaze by revolutionaries who believed that English is the language of spies, oppressors, and blue-blooded! This was intensified after invading the US embassy in Tehran and taking American diplomats as hostages for 444 days. I was parched in the middle of a desert. But, when there is a will, there is a way. I learned through a high school classmate who is a brain surgeon in Iran now that there is a bookstore called Mepso next to the British embassy in Tehran that sells English books. Ali also told me that he opens just for two hours daily from 3 to 5 in the afternoon when the town is less busy. He also told me that its lights are all off and the door is locked but there is always somebody available to respond if I insist. I was delighted to hear that, so I rushed to the place in no time!
Well, it was very difficult, if not impossible, to find English books in Tehran after the revolution. School English textbooks, I had all known by heart and wanted to learn more but how? There was nothing left. No English newspapers were published anymore and all the English bookstores were either closed down or set ablaze by revolutionaries who believed that English is the language of spies, oppressors, and blue-blooded! This was intensified after invading the US embassy in Tehran and taking American diplomats as hostages for 444 days. I was parched in the middle of a desert. But, when there is a will, there is a way. I learned through a high school classmate who is a brain surgeon in Iran now that there is a bookstore called Mepso next to the British embassy in Tehran that sells English books. Ali also told me that he opens just for two hours daily from 3 to 5 in the afternoon when the town is less busy. He also told me that its lights are all off and the door is locked but there is always somebody available to respond if I insist. I was delighted to hear that, so I rushed to the place in no time!
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