Born in Tehran (Iran) in 1976, he moved to Italy in 1980 during the Islamic Revolution. He studied photography and cinema at the Rossellini School of Cinematography in Rome. After several years working in the advertising industry, he found his inspiration in the world of fine arts, and since 2004, he has exhibited in private galleries and museums both in Italy and abroad. He participated in the Venice Biennale at Arsenale Nuovo, the Andersen Museum, the Napoleonic Museum, the MAXXI and MACRO museums, the Gallery of Modern Art in Rome, the PAN Museum in Naples, the MamBA Museum in Buenos Aires, the Gallery of Modern Art in New Delhi, and the Stupinigi Palace in Turin, in a group exhibition that also featured works by Caravaggio and Beato Angelico*. In 2011, he was included in a publication** featuring the top 100 contemporary photographers in the world, for whom New York City had served as a muse at some point. He currently lives and works in Naples, Italy.