The Shiraz Arts Festival is considered the most controversial artistic event during the Pahlavi era. In the literature of the revolution and afterward, Iranian media have consistently portrayed this global festival as a symbol of corruption and decadence in the years leading up to the Islamic Revolution. A street theater performance by a Hungarian group became the focal point of this criticism, with claims that its actors performed nude in public. The article features an interview with Pejman Akbarzadeh and Mahasti Afshar, author of the recently published book "Shiraz Arts Festival" in the U.S.