Iranian politician Anvar Khamei dies at 102
Anvar Khamei was last surviving co-founder of Iran’s communist Tudeh Party
By Ahmet Dursun and Mustafa Melih Ahishali
ANKARA
Anvar
A politician, sociologist
During the rule of Iranian Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi,
In 1947,
He then threw his support behind other leftist movements that were not aligned with the Soviet Union.
He was arrested again in 1953 after Iran's coup d’etat and remained in prison briefly before leaving the country for Germany to continue his education.