A committed work, Tulips Rise from the Blood of the Nation's Youth uses the stylized calligraphic sign for the word Allah. An assembly of four crescents and a sword, it is the central motif of the Iranian flag. The artist questions, through the ironic use of the emblem of the Islamic Republic, the instrumentalization of the figure of the martyr by the Iranian authorities. Through recontextualization, Mahmoud Bakhshi Moakhar tries to give direct answers to the social situation of his native country by seeking links with its historical past. His work has been exhibited at the Etemad Gallery and Aun Gallery in Tehran, the Barbican Art Center in London, the Museum of New Art in Freiburg, as well as the Devi Art Foundation in New Delhi.