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Hopefully, no one would realize that we were wearing our coats because we planned on leaving Tehran for good   Tehran, Iran 1978 M y mother and I descended the steps of our attic apartment, nonchalant expressions on our faces. We had purposely chosen to make our escape when we knew that our landlady would
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Hopefully, no one would realize that we were wearing our coats because we planned on leaving Tehran for good   Tehran, Iran 1978 M y mother and I descended the steps of our attic apartment, nonchalant expressions on our faces. We had purposely chosen to make our escape when we knew that our landlady would
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Hopefully, no one would realize that we were wearing our coats because we planned on leaving Tehran for good   Tehran, Iran 1978 M y mother and I descended the steps of our attic apartment, nonchalant expressions on our faces. We had purposely chosen to make our escape when we knew that our landlady would
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