The 1980s Iranian popular occult and fortune-telling market
- Date of account
- 1980s
- Location
- Iran, especially Tehran and other urban centers
- Source
- model_recalled_reference
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
Urban Iranian practices such as fal-e Hafez, bibliomancy using Hafez's poetry, and istikhara decision-making continued to circulate through the late twentieth century, alongside fortune-telling and popular occult services. 1980s Iranian newspapers, memoirs, and sociological studies can provide specific evidence about how these practices persisted during an Islamic Republic that regulated some forms of magic and divination. The lead is valuable for comparing textual scrying, religious consultation, and commercial fortune-telling. Practice, legality, and terminology varied substantially by setting, so individual sources need close contextual reading.
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