With the arrival of the year 1357 (1979) and the tense political atmosphere in the country, Esfandiar Monfardzadeh turned to Farhad once again with poetry by Ahmad Shamloo. From this collaboration, the song "Shabaneh 2" (Ye Shab Mehtab) was born—a track that, after many years, remains one of the primary symbols of protest music in Iran.