TEHRAN – Prominent Iranian poet and songwriter Mohamad Ali Bahmani has died at the age of 82 in Tehran after a stroke.
Bahmani passed away at a hospital in Tehran on Friday evening, marking the end of a tumultuous period that began in late June 2024, when he suffered a stroke.
His condition had taken a turn for the worse on August 31 after a second brain hemorrhage.
Born in 1942 in Dezful, Khuzestan province, Bahmani wrote his first poem for his mother at the age 10, and “Roshan Fekar” magazine published it in 1952.
Bahmani started cooperation with the National Iranian Radio in 1966 and presented the poetry page program in cooperation with the Persian Gulf Provincial Network.
He had lived in Bandar Abbas since 1973. After the victory of Iran’s Islamic Revolution in 1979, he returned to Tehran and left for Bandar Abbas again in 1984.
He is one of the most renowned poets and songwriters who has collaborated with many musicians and singers such as Iranian vocalists Naser Abdollahi, Homayoun Shajarian, and Alireza Ghorbani.