Central protagonist, a wealthy Jewish Iranian gemologist arrested after the 1979 revolution. He endures imprisonment, interrogation, and torture, pays his savings for freedom, retrieves hidden diamonds, hires a smuggler, and successfully escapes Iran with his family to Turkey.
Isaac transitions from affluent gemologist to impoverished exile.
Mohsen physically abuses and questions Isaac in custody.
Isaac employs Habibeh to manage his household and family affairs.
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