18 Facts About Mohammad Biriya

Mohammad Biriya, born Mohammad Baghirzadeh, was an Iranian Azerbaijani poet and politician.

Mohammad Biriya contributed with his poems and articles to numerous newspapers and journals published in Tabriz.

Mohammad Biriya wrote poems and articles criticizing capitalism, imperialism, and colonialism.

Mohammad Biriya lived there until January 1943, during which time he worked with the Azerbaijan Writers' Union and the Azerbaijan Radio Committee.

In 1943, Mohammad Biriya was elected chairman of the Azerbaijan Trade Union established in Tabriz.

Mohammad Biriya was a key organizer of numerous protests against royal oppression and colonial powers.

On December 12,1945, after the establishment of the Azerbaijani National Government, Mohammad Biriya was appointed Minister of Culture and Education.

Statues of Sattar Khan, Bagir Khan, and Sheikh Mohammad Biriya Khiabani were erected in Tabriz.

Mohammad Biriya prepared a statement on the party's tactics and maintaining order in the region, which he read on the radio.

On March 8,1947, with the help of employees of the Soviet consulate in Tabriz, Mohammad Biriya was secretly transported to Baku.

Mohammad Biriya, elected to the committee, was appointed head of its propaganda department.

On December 27,1947, Mohammad Biriya applied to Behnam, the Iranian consul in Baku, with the intention of returning to Iran.

Mohammad Biriya served his sentence in Special Camp No 4 of the Soviet Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Mohammad Biriya was imprisoned in various cities over the next 10 years.

In total, Mohammad Biriya spent 22 years in exile and imprisonment under the Soviet regime.

Mohammad Biriya was buried in the Vadi-e Rahmat Cemetery in Tabriz.

In 1941, along with a group of Southern Azerbaijani intellectuals, Mohammad Biriya was invited to Baku for 15 days, where his poems were published in the Kommunist newspaper.

In 2004, a full-length documentary television film about Mohammad Biriya's life was produced.