Ashkan Rezvani Naraghi (1983–2020) was Assistant Professor in the School of Urban Planning and Design at the University of Tehran. He received his Ph.D. in Urban Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 2016 and his article on middle-class urbanism appeared in Iranian Studies in 2017.

'In this meticulous and careful study, Tehran is no longer just a setting or even a contested site, but an almost living creature that shares in and shapes its inhabitants' lives and social transformations over time. This book is a gift from an insightful colleague who, though lost to us now, invites us to revisit our own work with fresh eyes and prods us towards new and productive lines of inquiry.' Camron Michael Amin, University of Michigan-Dearborn

• Foreword by Arshin Adib-Moghaddam; Preface by Jennifer A. Jordan; Introduction; 1. Segmented society and the social production of communal spaces; 2. Segmented society and spaces of political mobilization; 3. Iranian travelers and the production of spatial knowledge; 4. The Qajar court and the city: spatial strategies of the state in the nineteenth century; 5. The interwar period and middle-class urbanism; 6. The age of social movements: the transformation of political public space; Conclusion; Appendix: protest, political gatherings, and parades between 1941 and 1953; Bibliography; Index.