 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna 1980, pazera ramakore 28, Colvin akagadzwa kuva mutori wenhau wokumwe muLondon, uye akafamba kuti anovhara nhau huru, kubatanidza dambudziko revaAmerica rokuva nhapwa muTehranuye kusimuka kweSolidarity muPoland. Mukati menguva yake achibata nhau dzeMiddle East, Colvin akaororwa zvikuru norufu rwomuturikiri wake, Bahram Dehqani-Tafti, muIran asina kutenda akaurawa ndokuraswa kunze kwejeri reTehran. Colvin aidavira kuti vaMullah vakanga vane gakava nababa vaDehqani-Tafti, bhishopi weAnglican weIran akanga ari muutapwa muLondon. 