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 ...
Iranian poet and women's rights advocate Simin Behbahani has died. Her work probed the social and political challenges that faced Iran after its Islamic Revolution. She was 87.
Iranian poet Simin Behbahani speaks at the ''Yes to peace, No to war'' conference in Tehran November 19, 2007./ (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 ...
One of Iran's most vocal and outspoken poets died this morning in Tehran at the age of 87. Known as the "Lioness of Iran," Simin Behbahani reportedly had been in a coma for more than two weeks. For millions of Iranians all over the world, Behbahani represented the invincible power of the Iranian ...
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, ...
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's official news agency is reporting that famed Iranian poet Simin Behbahani has died at the age of 87. The Tuesday report by IRNA said she died of heart failure and breathing problems. It said she had been unconscious and hospitalized in a central Tehran hospital since ...
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