TO MY PARENTS

TO THE TEAM

Frizzi Kurkhaus for great endurance and even greater design * Julia Camerer for her reliable sense of style in copyediting as well as on-going counselling * Hartmut Niemann for comprehensive Iran expertise and patient answering of many questions * Rufus Henneken for being a very motivating first-reader and supporter * Jan Mueller-Wiefel for “We HAVE to make that book!” * Benjamin Nadjib for fantastic photos of many presents and a ghost dressed in bed sheets * Katarina Altrogge for passionate legal advice * Neda Rahmanian for dedicated networking * Hilke Koll for logical thinking in a different reading direction * Simone Brenner for questions that only led to this journey

TO THE PROTAGONISTS

Afrooz * Ahmad * Akbary * Ala * Ali * Ali * Ali * Ali * Ali Reza * Ali Reza * Ali Reza * Alireza * Alireza * Amir * Anahid * Ariz * Ashkan * Ashok * Asiyeh * Azad * Aziz * Behmard * Boshra * Chiman * Ebrahimi * Erfan * Fareed * Farshid * Fatemeh * Fatemeh * Gelavezh * Hadi * Hadi * Hamed * Hanieh * Holger * Hosein * Hossein * Isi * Julian * Lordan * Majid * Majid * Maryam * Massoud * Mehdi * Mehdi * Mehdy * Mo * Mohamad * Mohammad * Mohammad * Mohammad-Reza * Mohammed * Mona * Mortasa * Mr. Abdollah * Nayareh * Nima * Nima * Nina * Nishtman * Paniz * Pascal * Pedram * Rashid * Resa * Reza * Reza * Reza * Reza * Ronya * Saba * Saba * Saba * Sadi * Sajad * Sana * Sanaz * Sara * Sarah * Shahireh * Shahrzad * Shakiba * Shiva * Tara * Thierry * Vali * Xasxas * Yaser * Zahra * Zare * & their families!

TO THE COUNTLESS SUPPORTERS, ADVISORS, AND CHEERLEADERS

Alexa * Amelie * Annika * Antje * Arno * Britt * Carla * Claudia * Doro * Frank * Gela * Georg * Günes * Helen * Holger * Ida * Jochen * Johannes * Kathrein * Katja * Lena * Marc * Marc * Markus * Martha * Martin * Matthias * Paul * Peter * Rainer * Ralph * Rike * Sascha * Seco * Stefanie * Teresa * Thea * Thoralf * Trudy * Volker * and a lot more