Persepolis
On 1982 in July Marjane was at her aunts house she got to see her uncle Taher. Uncle Taher sent his son to Holland before the borders closed. According to Marjane the borders were closed for three years between 1980 and 1983. Marjane uncle Taher had gone through two heart attacks he still continued to smoke cigarettes. Taher ended up in the hospital from a third heart attack. Taher needed open heart surgery, they needed to send him to England but he needed permission to get a passport. Marjane aunt went to the health ministry and the man that was helping her was very religious. Marjane aunt knew the man he used to be her former window cleaner, she explained to him about her husbands situation and the man responded with “we’ll do our best. If god wills it, he’ll get better. Everything depends on god”. Marjane got very upset. Marjane and her father Ebi went to see a friend of her uncle Anoosh named Khosro. Khosro made fake passports since they shut down his company. Khosro told Ebi that he had made a fake passport for his brother to flee to Sweden to seek out political asylum. Khosro had taken in a communist named Niloufar. The government was looking for her. Khosro and Ebi agreed on a price for the passports, Khosro said he could make it in five days. Marjane uncle Taher wish was to see his son one last time. A few days later Niloufar was spotted and arrested. In Iran they have a law that women can’t die virgins and Nilofar was a virgin. Before her execution she was raped. They raided Khosro house he escaped and later met with his brother in Sweden to find political asylum. Khosro never got to make the passport. According to Marjane “three weeks after these events, uncle Taher was buried. His real passport arrive the same day. He never got to see his son”.