Iranian Writer Hossein M. Abkenar

Hossein M. Abkenar, an Iranian fiction writer and screenwriter, poses in his home in Las Vegas Sunday, Sept. 7, 2014. His 2006 novel, A Scorpion on the Steps of Andimeshk Railroad Station, is banned in Iran. It has been translated into French, German and Kurdish.

Hossein M. Abkenar, an Iranian fiction writer and screenwriter, poses in his home in Las Vegas Sunday, Sept. 7, 2014. His 2006 novel, A Scorpion on the Steps of Andimeshk Railroad Station, is banned in Iran. It has been translated into French, German and Kurdish. by Steve Marcus