Passport to Freedom

From Tehran to Triumph
Born an American citizen but raised under Irans theocracy, a teenage boy risks everything to escape religious persecution and reclaim the freedomand responsibilityof choosing America.
Born an American citizen but raised under Irans theocracy, a teenage boy risks everything to escape religious persecution and reclaim the freedomand responsibilityof choosing America.

When freedom is denied by governments, can it still be carriedhand to hand, heart to heartby people?

Nizam Missaghi was seven years old when he was expelled from school for the first time in Tehrannot for misbehavior or poor grades, but for belonging to a faith the Islamic Republic refused to recognize. In post-revolutionary Iran, being Bahai meant fractured futures: no university, no profession, no way to support a family.

Yet hidden in a dresser drawer was a golden ticket: a United States passpor