This paper focuses on conflict and memory in the literary texts produced based on the events of 1945 in northwestern Iran, also known as Iranian Azerbaijan. The purpose is to reflect on how the establishment of the local government and the conflicts followed are narrated in the literary texts and whether or not these texts can help the society make sense of the exiles and other post-conflict traumas in Azerbaijani providence of Iran after 1946. The paper consists of two main components. The first part focuses on the historical background of the conflict between the central government of Iran and ethnic Azerbaijanis. The second part expands on the theory of memory and enforced strategies of remembering and forgetting from the official initiatives and personal motivation as represented in the text of the two novel novels Quşlar Daha Qorxmurlar (Birds are not Afraid Anymore) by Rughayyeh Kabiri and Ashk-i Sabalan (The Tears of Savalan) by Ibrahim Darabi. These two texts will be examined through the lens of the collective memory theory coined by Maurice Halbwachs, Mary Douglas, and David Berliner on the concept of identity and the question of truth. These scholars who have studied memory and the act of remembering after conflicts conclude that the act of remembering and forgetting can be complicated and that post-conflict cultures often tend to be characterized by a constant desire to remember the past and a continuous need to forget. In this respect, I will examine Kabiri and Darabi’s work to identify what is being recorded or erased and the political and psychological motivations behind remembering and forgetting in the context of the aftermath of the 1946 events in Iranian Azerbaijan.