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The titan is Habib Elghaniana selfmade industrialist and the foremost Jew of his time in Iran whom the Islamic theocracy targeted as the first civilian executed during the 1979 revolution With Iran continuing to generate frontpage news his previously untold story is painfully relevant shedding light on that countrys persistent economic political and social problems

The odyssey of Elghanians life and death is told by his granddaughter in an understated style that nonetheless makes clear her powerful stake and personal place in the unfolding drama Exploring universal themes of loss and longing belonging and identity she reconstructs and chronicles his ascent from Tehrans Jewish quarterthe edge of the pitto his business success that was instrumental in modernizing the country to fatefully facing a firing squad

Titan of Tehran serves as a monument to a man who might have disappeared in the mists of history even though his execution was reported worldwide on newspaper front pages and in broadcast news reports In his homeland Elghanian was misrepresented mistreated maligned and murderedbut now wont be forgotten He is a riveting character whom listeners will keep in their heartsa titan yes but deeply sadly delightfully human too