Mehdi Mousavi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Mehdi Mousavi

Iranian poet

Date of Birth: 02-Oct-1976

Place of Birth: Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran

Profession: writer, poet, pharmacist

Nationality: Iran

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Mehdi Mousavi, also Mehdi Moosavi, also Seyed Mahdi Mousavi (Farsi: ??? ???? ?????)(born 1976) is an Iranian poet.
He is known for poems on social issues.
Mousavi was arrested in 2013, along with poet Fateme Ekhtesari.
Mousavi was sentenced to nine years in prison plus 99 lashes.
A group of poets signed a petition asking for his release.
Mousavi escaped from Iran in January 2016.Mousavi is a poet, editor, cultural activist and pharmacist from Iran.
He has been a leading force in postmodern poetry in Iran.
He has published fourteen poetry collections, taught literature at universities and colleges, and arranged his own illegal literary gatherings and writing courses.
He has also organized literature festivals and written lyrics for Iranian singers.
Along with Fatemeh Ekhtesari, he was editor of the journal Hamin farad bud (It was the very tomorrow) until it was banned and closed in 2008.
After being sentenced to nine years in prison and ninety-nine lashes, Mousavi managed to flee Iran in 2015.
He came to Lillehammer as part of the Cities of Refuge Network in 2017.