Occupation Iranian Poet | ||
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Similar Hila Sedighi, Cyrus the Great, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | ||
Mohammad Reza Ali Payam (Persian: محمدرضا عالیپیام) also known as Haloo (Persian: هالو) is an Iranian poet and satirist. He is currently a political prisoner of the Iranian government. He has spoken extensively though the medium of satire and poetry against injustice and corruption. In 2012 he published a new poem about the Evin Prison where was being held.
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Imprisonment
He was arrested and taken to Evin Prison on 14 Aug 2012. Then on 09 Sep 2012 he was released on bail for approximately $50,000. He was again imprisoned on April 23, 2015 for the same reason as 2012.
Poems
References
Haloo (poet) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA