Nabiollah Rafizadeh became an orphan at the age of nine. He left school and started working in a tailor shop in Abadan that made costumes for European dancers. He lived and worked there until he was sixteen—without protection, without a family, but with pride. At sixteen, with a significant savings, he moved to Karaj; at that time, Karaj was just a rural district. It had only one tailor, and Rafizadeh began working there with his experience. It was 1968; the same year the Shah purchased landlords’ lands and sold them to farmers. The Karaj land was one of those properties. At that time, registering property for individuals under 18 was prohibited, and Rafizadeh was only 17. However, the seller was impressed by his remarkable savings and encouraged him to buy Karaj, on the condition that the deed would temporarily be registered in another name. Rafizadeh agreed. He then sought loans from individuals and banks. For several consecutive years, he struggled to borrow from different so...