Mohammad Farrokhi Yazdi

Mirza Mohammad Farrokhi Yazdi (Persian: میرزا محمد فرخی یزدی; 1889 – October 18, 1939), also known as Taj osh-Sho'arā (تاج الشعرا), was an Iranian poet, journalist and senior politician of the Persian Constitutional Revolution and the Reza Pahlavi era.

In prison, he protested that "He whose only offense is love of the motherland / No creed would condemn to a dark cell...".

Farrokhi Yazdi composed a poem criticizing Zeygham al-Dawla Qashqa'i, the ruler of Yazd, and in response Zeigham al-Dawla ordered to sew his mouth with thread and needle and throw him in prison.

[2] In 1921, he published the political newspaper Toufan (storm), winning fame for his poetry and constant attacks against Reza Pahlavi in his editorials.

[3] He wrote a poem related to British politician, Lord Curzon: یزدی

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