Baktash Abtin died in Tehran due to Corona and lack of timely access to medical services.

Baktash Abtin, an imprisoned poet & writer died in Tehran due to Corona and lack of timely access to medical services.

Baktash Abtin who was transferred to Evin Prison on last October, was sentenced to six years in prison on charges of "membership in the Writers' Association of Iran & attending the graves of victims of serial political assassinations".