Araz News: Prominent South Azerbaijani poet, Hashem Tarlan Passed away on 16^th November 2014 in Tehran.

Hashem Tarlan has been a notable name in Azerbaijani civil struggle. He had joined Azerbaijan Democrat Party, the leading party of Azerbaijan National Government (1945-46) when he was 21 years old and his poems and articles were published in Azerbaijani newspapers.

After national government was collapsed by Iranian troops he spent several years in Iranian prisons. He was jailed even after 1979 Islamic Revolution for three years.

He never abandoned national struggle and wrote until end of life.