Khosrow Golsorkhi (Persian: خسرو گلسرخی ) (22 January 1944 in Rasht – 18 February 1974 in Tehran) was an Iranian journalist, poet, and communist, marxist activist in Iran during the Cold War. Hooman Majd has described him as a "Che Guevara-like figure for young Iranians in 1974.". Famous for his leftist and revolutionary poetry, Golsorkhi was convicted along with his friend ...