Claim: Hushang Ebtehaj's first poetry book has an introduction by Mehdi Hamidi Shirazi, an Iranian poet and university professor.
Evidence: His first book of poetry, with an introduction by eminent poet Mehdi Hamidi Shirazi, was published when he was 19 years old. Mehdi Hamidi Shirazi (Persian: مهدی حمیدی‎) (born 1914 Shiraz, Iran, died 1 July 1986, Tehran, Iran) was an Iranian poet and university professor.