About the book: 1980 / The novel by the Iranian prose writer M. Kazemi covers the events that took place in Tehran during the period when Reza Shah came to power. The novel reflects the life of the urban poor and the secular world of Tehran. The author denounces the mores of society that degrade human dignity, cripple people’s souls, cynically trample on human rights, dooming him to death. About the author [TSB]. Kazemi Morteza Moshfegh (1887-1978), Iranian writer. One of the founders of modern Persian prose. He collaborated in the Iranshahr magazine, published in Berlin since 1924, and later edited the Irane Javan (Young Iran) magazine, in which he published his translations from French. His social novel “Terrible Tehran” (1st part “Mahoof”, published in Tehran, 1921; 2nd part entitled “Memory of a Single Night”, published in Berlin in 1924; Russian translation 1934-36 and 1960 ) exposes the negative aspects of life in Iranian society in the 20s, depicts the powerless position of women. The novels “The Faded Flower”, “Precious Jealousy” and others are less significant and do not touch upon acute social problems [Komissarov D.S., Essays on modern Persian prose, M., 1960; Kor-Ogly H., Modern Persian literature, M., 1965.].