In this article we analyze how Shahraam Rahimian
rewrites the history of Iran’s 1953 coup in his novel, Dr.
Noon Loves His Wife More than Mussadiq, as a distressing
and dreadful historical event for the intellectuals of the
country. Basing the argument on Katouzian’s theory of
history in Iran and using Lacan’s theory of individuation,
we want to read the novel as an attempt to introduce Iran
during the 1960s coup as an individual who experiences
the bitter and cruel growth from the imaginary to the
symbolic.
