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Ebtehaj and a few other poets and writers were expelled from the Writers Association after disputes erupted among the members in the years that followed the Revolution. Subsequently, Ebtehaj and several other poets and writers, including Mahmoud Etemadzadeh (also known as Beh-azin, 1915-2006), Siavash Kasraie (1927-1996), and Fereydoun Tankaboni (1937-) — all members of the Tudeh party (Iranian communist party) — founded the Council of Iranian Writers and Artists.
