Cast of Characters

Americans

David Shirazi (aka Reza Tabrizi)—CIA operative, Tehran

Dr. Mohammad Shirazi—father of David Shirazi; cardiologist

Nasreen Shirazi—mother of David and wife of Mohammad Shirazi

Charlie Harper—political officer, Foreign Service Office, Iran

Claire Harper—wife of Charlie Harper

Marseille Harper—daughter of Charlie and Claire Harper

Jack Zalinsky—senior operative, Central Intelligence Agency

Eva Fischer—field officer, Central Intelligence Agency

William Jackson—president of the United States

Iranians

Ayatollah Hamid Hosseini—Supreme Leader

Ahmed Darazi—president of Iran

Dr. Mohammed Saddaji—nuclear physicist, deputy director of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran

Farah Saddaji—wife of Dr. Saddaji

Najjar Malik—physicist, Atomic Energy Organization of Iran

Sheyda Malik—wife of Najjar, daughter of Dr. Saddaji

Abdol Esfahani—deputy director of technical operations, Telecommunication Company of Iran (Iran Telecom)

Daryush Rashidi—president and CEO of Iran Telecom

Dr. Alireza Birjandi—preeminent scholar of Shia Islamic eschatology

Ali Faridzadeh—Iranian minister of defense

Mohsen Jazini—commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps