Poet Behbahani, 'lioness of Iran', dies at 87
state media/ * Champion of women's rights, opponent of death penalty DUBAI, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Poet Simin Behbahani, a champion of women's rights and free speech whose lyrical verse captured the hopes and disappointments of Iranians since the 1979 revolution, died on Tuesday at the age of 87, official media reported. Nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature, she earned the unofficial title of the "Lioness of Iran" for what admirers saw as her courage in the face of official censorship. After nearly two weeks in the Tehran Pars hospital, ...
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