Watch Toheeb Jimoh read from The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran, the #InternationalBooker2026 shortlisted book written by Shida Bazyar and translated by Ruth Martin. The story so far: 1979. Behzad, a young communist revolutionary, fights with his friends for a new order after the Shah’s expulsion. He tells of sparking hope and of clandestine political actions. Directed by Holly Blakey, produced in partnership with Park Pictures and filmed at the Southbank Centre, London.