 Siavash Kasrai

Siavash Kasrai (; February 25, 1927 in Isfahan – February 8, 1996 in Vienna) was an Iranian poet, literary critic, and novelist.An active supporter of the Communist Tudeh Party of Iran from the late 1940s to the mid 1980s, he distanced himself from its leadership in 1988–1990, and turned into an outspoken critic in the mid 1990s.