Career
He was the editor of Music Review magazine in the years 1960-1963. He taught literature at the Persian National Music Conservatory in Tehran and was the editor of Roudaky Monthly for five years. Khoshnam shortly was in the head of Roudaki Hall public relation section.
In 1980 he moved to Germany.
In following years he cooperated with Deutsche Welle and British Broadcasting Corporation Persian Service. His main programs were focused on Persian folk and popular music
A selection of Khoshnam articles/interviews was published in Sweden in 1998 titled "In the Field of Music".