Doctrine of Terror

Mahboob Illahi is a graduate of the Royal Naval College Dartmouth, England and served as an officer in the Royal Navy and Pakistan Navy for over 10 years. He had naval combat experience during the India/Pakistan war of 1965, and he lived and worked in Iran for over 10 years before the Revolution. Mahboob witnessed the events leading up to the Iranian Islamic Revolution in 1979 and was in Iran when Iraq attacked in April 1980. He volunteered to join the Iranian war effort, but was politely turned down by the local imam, who told Mahboob that there were enough Iranian devotees of the Shia religion, and that they did not need any foreigners. Although Mahboob and his Iranian wife left Iran six months after the Revolution, they drove to Iran from Pakistan every year during the summer and watched the establishment and progress of the new revolutionary government. Mahboob lives in Toronto with his wife. He has been retired since 2006, and keeps himself busy by studying history and current affairs. His first book, Doctrine of Terror, was published by FriesenPress in October 2008.