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THE ESCAPE FROM IRAN THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO ESCAPE A HOSTILE COUNTRY By Meredith DeLong

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By Meredith DeLong. The escape from Iran the objective of this for you to understand how difficult it is to escape a hostile country. A Regular Day. Ben Tamoorazi was a doctor in a hospital in Iran and he was also a Christian, a minority religion - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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The escape from Iran

The escape from Iranthe objective of this for you to understand how difficult it is to escape a hostile countryBy Meredith DeLong

1A Regular DayBen Tamoorazi was a doctor in a hospital in Iran and he was also a Christian, a minority religionThat was a problem for some Iran citizens. I quote Ben if you were a non christian touched by a christian you were corrupted One day when Ben was examining an Iranian soldier, the boy lashed out at Ben because he found out Ben was a Christian and the soldier wasnt That was when Ben realized he needed to leave as soon as possible

2Illegal to leave He wanted to leave the country legallyBut men weren't allowed to leave unless they were 60 years or olderWoman on the other hand were allowed to leaveWhich made the situation helpless

3Unexpected eventIt all changed one day when Ben received a patient that was diagnosed with a spinal infectionIt all seemed hopeless and everyone gave up on the patient except for Ben Ben saved the patient in the end But apparently the pateints uncle was the prime minster and told Ben if he ever needed a favor he could just ask and Ben told him about his goal and the minster said he knew a man who could help

4The presidentWhen Ben arrived a block away from the address that was given to him to meet the minster, he had to walk but then a man had to escort himand he was armed with a machine gun!!Ben arrived at the dinner and the prime minster , including the president, he had no idea he would be meeting the president and they had no idea he was a Christian. Had they known he would've been killed immediately.

So Ben asked the president if he could leave for a medical meeting away from the country. The president said he was sorry but there was not a legal way for him to leave

5The Illegal wayBen came into contact with a man who could forge passports and they set up a plan to leave the countryHe had to grow out his hair, wear contacts, change the way he talked to fit the passportsThe first two attempts were unsuccessful But the third was a success!!!!!

6Germany!When Ben arrived in Germany he had to prove to Germany that he was Ben Tamoorazi not the man he pretended to be To do that his family had to send him his real passportHe was then verified as Ben and was brought to America because his parents mailed the passport to him by the church

7AMERICA LAND OF THE FREE!In the end Ben went to America got married and continued to be a doctor And practices in Bloomington IL and is no longer threatened by his religion

8POINT!!!!!!!!But the point I'm trying to get across is do you understand what this man had to go through just to get here. I mean he could've been killed, beaten, or shot yet he still made it. It was that difficult just to get out of his country! Why United States? Ben had family here and he knew America would offer him the most opportunity of any country

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