Iraqi poet dies at 85 Iraq Basra 2021-06-13T07:30:51+00:00 Share font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News/ Iraqi Poet Yussif Saadi passed away earlier this morning, Sunday, at 85 years old. Saadi, born in Basra in 1934, had succumbed to his chronic illness in his current residence in London.