Education
Faculty of Economy & Social Science, University of Geneva, 1951, Lie Sociology. Spoken languages: Farsi, French, English, Arabic.
Faculty of Economy & Social Science, University of Geneva, 1951, Lie Sociology. Spoken languages: Farsi, French, English, Arabic.
During his high school he went to Dar ol-Fonoon in Tehran. In Iran, he was a professor of sociology and director of the Social Studies and Research at the University of Tehran (Iran). As a sociologist, he has collaborated for many years in the work of international scientific associations.
In 1965, he prepared for the United Nations the first world-wide study on the "Brain Drain".
He has written widely on sociological issues in developing countries, and in 1970 he gave courses on youth, education and society in the Third World countries, at the University of Paris VIII: Vincennes - Saint-Denis, Paris. After his experience of being jailed during the Islamic Revolution of Iran, he wrote his book "From Palace to Prison: Inside the Iranian Revolution".
He was the first major sociologist who investigated brain-drain phenomenon due to migration of the third world"s best intellectuals to developed countries. He died on 2 December 2012 after a long illness.
He was a member of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization as a director of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization"s Youth Division for many years, and, after his retirement, as an advisor to the Director General of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization until 1999.