Bahman Khaki

Bahman Khaki was born in Tehran in 1943 and educated in England and the United States before returning to Iran in 1971 to contribute to its industrial and economic development. His decade-long career spanned international negotiations, high‑level management, and national representation—until the tide of the 1979 Islamic Revolution turned everything upside down. Arrested in his factory in Saveh, he was imprisoned in four detention centers before becoming one of the first political prisoners in Room 1, Section 1 of Evin Prison. After surviving imprisonment, he rebuilt his life in the United States, where he continued to inspire managers who reached out to him decades later to ask a simple question: “How did you do it half a century ago?” Some of the photographs in his memoir were provided by those very managers—images discovered in their factories and preserved as part of the legacy he left behind. His debut memoir, The Truth the World Did Not See for 47 Years, has been hailed by Kirkus Reviews as "an engagingly written memoir that balances historical scope with deeply personal reflections." Highlighting its historical urgency and stark emotional resonance, the review calls the book "a harrowing, candid account of betrayal and the destructiveness of fanaticism."