Intellectual movements in Iran involve the Iranian experience of modernity and its associated art, science, literature, poetry, and political structures that have been changing since the 19th century.
Sahabi family (Ezzatollah Sahabi, Yadollah and Haleh Sahabi) are symbols of intellectuals who brought politics and ethics together.
Sadegh Hedayat was an Iranian writer and translator. Best known for his novel The Blind Owl, he was one of the earliest Iranian writers to adopt literary modernism in their career.
Young Sadegh Hedayat
Hedayat's corpse in Paris, following his 9 April 1951 suicide
Tomb of Sadegh Hedayat, Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris.