The book is in very good condition overall, although the dust jacket has a couple of tears in it. One has been mended with sellotape. The astonishing story of a brave Iranian diplomat who saved many Jewish lives in World War II. After the invasion of France in 1940 a junior Iranian diplomat, the aristocratic Abdol-Hossein Sardari, found himself in charge of Iran\'s legation in Paris, and set about cultivating officials in order to protect the Iranian Jewish community in the country.