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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Gholam-Hossein Farnoud always described himself as a 'normal teacher', and he was active primarily as a </span>[[wikipedia:Social_activist|social]]<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> and </span>[[wikipedia:Cultural_activities|cultural activist]]<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">, holding </span>[[wikipedia:Left-wing_politics|left-wing]]<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> political views, but he was not a </span>[[wikipedia:Political_activist|political activist]]<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">. The fact remains that he had close relationships with people like </span>[[wikipedia:Samad_Behrangi|Samad Behrang]]<nowiki/><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">i, who became a symbol of the left-wing movements of the new generation of South Azerbaijani believers after his death, and with other friends who later joined </span>[[wikipedia:Iranian_People's_Fedai_Guerrillas|Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas]]<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> were sufficient grounds for his arrest during the pre-revolutionary period. In spite of this, the situation for him and his friends did not significantly improve following the revolution. A poignant example of the tragedy committed against left-wing activists can be found in the </span>[[wikipedia:Chain_murders_of_Iran|Chain Murders of Iran (1988-98)]]<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span>