 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Shamlou akanga ari muMarxist uye munhu anofunga nezvemagariro evanhu uyo akaruka rudo rwomunhu oga uye rudo pamwe chete nemafungiro ake evanhu. Akanga ari simba guru mubato wezvemagariro rinopesana neyaimbova Shah weIran pamberi peshanduko ya1979. Mukati mehupenyu hwake hurefu, Shamlou aive achishanda mune zvematongerwo enyika uye akaiswa mutirongo kaviri, kutanga mushure mekupera kweHondo Yenyika II uyezve mushure mekudonha kwe1953, asi akaramba achishanda munharaunda-zvematongerwo enyika nekunyora nhetembo dzakatsaurirwa kutsoropodzwa kwezvematongerwo enyika uye munharaunda kunyangwe mushure meRevolution yeIran. Muna 1976, akasiya nyika yake sechiratidzo chokuramba kuzvidzora uye mamiriro ezvinhu ezvematongerwe enyika anodzvinyirira. Muna 1977, gore rimwe chete rehurumende yaShah isati yaparara, akasaina tsamba yakavhurika yaitsigira kodzero dzekuungana kwenhengo dzeThe Writers Association of Iran. Hurumende itsva yechiIslam yakanga isingamufariri, ichimuona somunhu anorwisana nechiIslam, mutengesi uye munyori wokuMadokero. Zvisinei, nokuda kwokuzivikanwa kwake, vakuru vorudzidziso vaitonga vaisagona kumubata, asi panguva imwe cheteyo havana kubvumira kubudiswa kwamabasa ake kwamakore akawanda. Kubvira pakutanga kwema1990 nhetembo dzake dzakaonekwa mumagazini akawanda ezvinyorwa. 