Houshang Ebtehaj prominent poet dies at 94

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Ebtehaj was on the left of the political spectrum and was sympathetic to the Tudeh party charter. He and others with similar political views continued working in government agencies and state radio and TV after the Islamic Revolution. Although the Tudeh party supported the Islamic Revolution, its members were persecuted and imprisoned shortly after the establishment of the Islamic Republic. Ebtehaj was jailed for one year in 1983.

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