Iranian thinker
Sahand Iranmehr
Sahand IranmehrWriting, literature, and social analysisIranianb. 1978
Dialogue instead of judgment; critical thought instead of certainty.
Life and Thought
Sahand Iranmehr is an Iranian writer and media activist whose work mainly addresses Iran’s social, cultural, historical, and political issues. He is the author of the novel Report of the Last Summer, a socially themed work concerned with the questions and concerns of contemporary Iranian society.
Sahand Iranmehr, born in 1978, is an Iranian writer and media activist. According to the biographical information provided, he was born in Tehran; his family roots go back to the Tats of Buin Zahra in Qazvin, and he spent much of his childhood and adolescence in Qazvin. He has studied Arabic language and literature, international relations, and political sociology, and his writing spans historical, social, cultural, and political subjects.
Iranmehr has become known over the years through essays, media writing, and his presence on social media. His work often draws on history and literature to address questions of Iranian society and culture. Alongside current affairs, it reflects concerns such as identity, ethics, religion, politics, and the social experience of Iranians.
His work as a fiction writer came into sharper focus with the publication of Report of the Last Summer. First published by Sales Publishing, the novel has been described by Iranmehr as an attempt to offer a fictional account of Iran’s social challenges. It brings together urban and rural life, the middle class, loneliness, death, memory, hope, and disillusionment in a narrative setting, while also employing humor and poetic elements.
Report of the Last Summer has been reprinted several times, and a new edition with a revised text was published by Vazn-e Donya. Other works introduced on Iranmehr’s official page include Conjugation of the Passive Verb and Underground Revelations.