Born: 1953
A self taught photographer
Present position:
Since 1989 Director of Photo and Pictorial Studies, Cultural Research Bureau, (a not profit research , consulting and publishing Organization)
Member of the editorial board of Aksnameh (a bimonthly journal of photography)
Previous Position:   
Member of founding group, board of trustees, and director
of City  Photography Museum Akskhaneh Shahr, The first
museum devoted entirely to photography in Iran-January 1997.
Member of jury for different photo contests.     
Publications: Old Windows of Tehran, Cultural Research Bureau, Tehran,1997.
Facades of Tehran Buildings, Cultural Research Bureau, Tehran, 1995.
Zavareh, the symbol of the kavir myth, Cultural Research Bureau, Tehran, 2000. 
Translations or works from English: Pictorial garden of photography, Alen Porter, Soroush
Press, 1986
Camera Culture, By Halla Bellof, Soroush Press, Tehran 1996.
Ace Photography, by Jacquline Dineen, City Photography Museum,Tehran.1997.
How to Look  at  Photographs, by David Finn, Cultural Research Bureau, Tehran, 1998.
Why People Photograph, by Robert Adams, Cultural Research Bureau, Tehran, 2001 
Numerous articales for the journals Aks, Soroush and aksnameh.
As production manager:
Iran :The land of Light and Color, Cultural Research Bureau, Tehran1991.
Visible Treasures: Photographs from the Golestan Palace Museum, Cultural Research Bureau, Tehran, 1998