Ali Mojuz

Ali Mojuz or Mirza Ali Mojuz Shabestarti (Persian: معجز شبستری-, Azerbaijani: Mirzə Əli Möcüz-میرزا علی معجز) was an Iranian Azerbaijani poet.

He chose to write in Azeri Turkish instead of Persian, Iran's dominant language.

Under the influence of Azeri democratic literature, especially Mirza Alakbar Sabir, he wrote satirical poetry.

), his "struggle against the oppressors" and the "position of enslaved women" ("Unhappy Girl", etc.)

After the collapse of the government of Azerbaijan, Mohammad Reza Shah's reign over Iran (1941–79) included a very strict ban on the publication of Azeri works.