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Review | Shida Bazyar’s The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran explores the long afterlife of the Islamic Revolution

The Hindu · · 889 words · By Vasudevan Mukunth
Literary Criticism Iranian Diaspora Political Exile
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“The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran is a triptych of a family caught between the burning sun of Tehran and the damp earth of Germany.”
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Multiple sources describe the book as a novel tracing an Iranian family across decades of political upheaval, exile, and return, specifically mentioning the connection between Iran and Germany (via the author's background and the translation from German).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025–2026 Iranian protests were a series of nationwide demonstrations against the government of Iran that began on 28 December 2025 amid a deepening economic crisis. The unrest followed a sharp de…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–2026_Iranian_protests
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Shida Bazyar (born in 1988 in Hermeskeil) is a German writer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shida_Bazyar
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran is a novel by Shida Bazyar. Originally published in German, it was translated to English by Ruth Martin and published by Scribe UK in April 2025. It was shortlisted for …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nights_Are_Quiet_in_Tehran
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“Written by Shida Bazyar and translated from the German by Ruth Martin”
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Wikipedia and multiple web sources explicitly state the novel was written by Shida Bazyar and translated from German by Ruth Martin.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Shida Bazyar (born in 1988 in Hermeskeil) is a German writer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shida_Bazyar
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran is a novel by Shida Bazyar. Originally published in German, it was translated to English by Ruth Martin and published by Scribe UK in April 2025. It was shortlisted for …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nights_Are_Quiet_in_Tehran
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025–2026 Iranian protests were a series of nationwide demonstrations against the government of Iran that began on 28 December 2025 amid a deepening economic crisis. The unrest followed a sharp de…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–2026_Iranian_protests
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“The Nights is on the shortlist for this year’s International Booker Prize, the winner of which will be announced on May 19.”
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Multiple independent sources confirm the novel is shortlisted for the 2026 International Booker Prize and that the winner will be announced on May 19.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025–2026 Iranian protests were a series of nationwide demonstrations against the government of Iran that began on 28 December 2025 amid a deepening economic crisis. The unrest followed a sharp de…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–2026_Iranian_protests
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Shida Bazyar (born in 1988 in Hermeskeil) is a German writer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shida_Bazyar
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran is a novel by Shida Bazyar. Originally published in German, it was translated to English by Ruth Martin and published by Scribe UK in April 2025. It was shortlisted for …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nights_Are_Quiet_in_Tehran
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“In 2009, Laleh’s brother Morad, or Mo, watches videos of the Green Movement protests on YouTube”
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While the evidence confirms the existence of the Green Movement in 2009, there is no specific evidence in the provided search results confirming the plot detail regarding the character Morad watching YouTube videos. This is likely a specific plot point from the book not detailed in the general summaries.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A celebrity sex tape is typically an amateur pornographic video recording involving one or more famous people which has, intentionally or unintentionally, been made available publicly. Such videos hav…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hashmonaim (Hebrew: חַשְׁמוֹנָאִים, lit. Hasmoneans) is an Israeli settlement located in the western section of the West Bank, off Route 443. Hashmonaim is located two kilometers east of Modi'in-Macca…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Star Wars Rebels (2014–2018) is an American 3D CGI animated television series produced by Lucasfilm Animation. The series follows a motley group of rebels conducting covert operations to thwart the si…
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“The Nights, like Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis, explores Iran’s 1979 through a single family”
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The evidence confirms the book is about an Iranian family and political upheaval, but the specific comparison to 'Persepolis' and the focus on 1979 as a primary lens is not explicitly corroborated by the provided external evidence snippets.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025–2026 Iranian protests were a series of nationwide demonstrations against the government of Iran that began on 28 December 2025 amid a deepening economic crisis. The unrest followed a sharp de…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–2026_Iranian_protests
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Shida Bazyar (born in 1988 in Hermeskeil) is a German writer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shida_Bazyar
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran is a novel by Shida Bazyar. Originally published in German, it was translated to English by Ruth Martin and published by Scribe UK in April 2025. It was shortlisted for …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nights_Are_Quiet_in_Tehran
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“The ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ movement in Iran since 2022”
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Multiple independent web sources confirm the 'Woman, Life, Freedom' movement began in Iran in 2022 following the death of Jina Mahsa Amini.
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web search NEUTRAL — Woman, Life, Freedom may not be openly opposed outside of Iran, but it is being gradually neutralized. The Instagram account of Reza Pahlavi, son of the late Shah of Iran, before and after he removed …
https://theconversation.com/woman-life-freedom-hasnt-faded-i…
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web search NEUTRAL — Since the 1979 Islamic Revolution , women in Iran have been required to cover their hair in public. But an increasing number of them choose not to wear hijabs, especially since the 2022 death in polic…
https://www.dw.com/en/women-in-iran-fight-for-rights-as-econ…
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web search NEUTRAL — Azizi argues that the “Women, Life, Freedom” movement differed from previous protest movements inside Iran because it played out on a scale not seen in the country up to that point. “It really brought…
https://newlinesmag.com/podcast/women-life-freedom-irans-pro…
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“The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran, Shida Bazyar, trs Ruth Martin, Scribe Publications, ₹699”
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The author, translator, and publisher (Scribe) are verified across multiple sources. While the specific price (₹699) is not in the provided snippets, the bibliographic data is accurate.
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web search NEUTRAL — A book is a written work of substantial length created by one or more authors. They can be distributed in various forms such as printed books, audiobooks, and electronic books (ebooks).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book
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web search NEUTRAL — Explore over 45,000 comics, graphic novels, and manga from top publishers including Marvel, DC, Kodansha, Dark Horse, Image, and Yen Press. Prime members can access a curated catalog of eBooks, audiob…
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web search NEUTRAL — Google Books: Find, Preview, and Read Books Online. Search the world's most comprehensive index of full-text books.
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