Born in Tehran in 1957, filmmaker Mohsen Ostad Ali Makhmalbaf grew up in the religious and politically charged atmosphere of the 1960s, and the June 1963 uprising of Ayatollah Khomeini constitutes one of his earliest memories. In 1972, Makhmalbaf for...

The first book to examine this colossal political event through the images that set it in motion – from graffiti, murals and banners to bank notes and chewing-gum wrappers. With previously unpublished historical sources and essays by Peter Chelkowski...