Report: Famed Iranian poet Behbahani dies at 87
Iranian writers Simin Behbahani, left, and Monireh Baradaran, the 1999 prize winners of the Carl-von-Ossietzky-medal, embrace each other during the award ceremony in Berlin./ TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Famed Iranian poet Simin Behbahani, who wrote of the joys of love, demanded equal rights for women and spoke out about the challenges facing those living in her homeland, died Tuesday at the age of 87. Behbahani had been hospitalized and unconscious in Tehran since Aug. 6 and later died of heart failure and breathing problems, Iran's official IRNA ...
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