Columbia woman recalls work as a civilian diplomat to Iran

Saturday, June 14, 2008 | 6:12 p.m. CDT; updated 6:06 p.m. CDT, Monday, July 21, 2008

COLUMBIA — Lily Tinker-Fortel clenched the passenger door armrest as her Iranian taxi weaved in and out through the congestion of cars, motorbikes and pedestrians on Valiasr Street, the longest street in the Middle East and the busiest 12 miles for Tehran’s 13 million residents.

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