"Why do you plant a tree?" a young soldier asked her. "You are a sword of the realm."
The story of Persia Monir was not one of conquest, but of preservation. persia monir
This was the Tehran of cocktails, caviar, and revolution simmering beneath the surface. Monir was the queen of the night. She performed for the Shah’s elite, for foreign diplomats, and for the wealthy merchant class. But the cabaret life was difficult. She was frequently at odds with the morality police of the era (even before the 1979 Revolution) and fought for the right to perform her energetic, hip-swinging routines. "Why do you plant a tree