THE HARMLESS NECESSARY CAT: A World War II Family Saga in Allied-Occupied IranTehran, 1941. The world is ablaze, but in neutral Iran, life carries on-until British and Russian tanks roll in.Though much has been written about World War II, little is known of Iran's trials during the conflict. Many remember the Japanese surprise assault on Pearl Harbor, epitomizing deceitful warfare, just as Operation Barbarossa, Hitler's treacherous invasion of the Soviet Union, played a parallel tune of unexpect...