and towards the end of his life became vegan. Hekmat believed in free, legalised abortions but encouraged criticism of the strong feminist movements of his time whom he criticized as having a lack of compassion on this matter. He believed all should be done to create a world in which women are supported socially, economically, culturally and politically to keep their children, to reduce the need for abortions. External links The Official Mansoor Hekmat Website Multi-lingual site of Mansoor Hekmat's works Mansoor Hekmat Internet Archive Worker-Communist Party of Iran Marx-Hekmat Society London Mansoor Hekmat texts and information on the worker-communist movement in Iraq (in French) 1951 births 2002 deaths Alumni of the University of Bath Burials at Highgate Cemetery Communist Party of Iran politicians Former Muslim critics of Islam Deaths from cancer in England Iranian communists Iranian dissidents Iranian emigrants to the United Kingdom Iranian Marxists Iranian revolutionaries Marxist humanists Marxist theorists People from Tehran People of the Iranian Revolution Shiraz University alumni Worker-communist Party of Iran politicians