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In 1963 Barzin and several other journalists founded a trade union for journalists, and he became the first secretary. Working for "sandika" was one of his life's passions. (See: The Syndicate of Press Writers and Reporters of Iran 1962-79, www.sandika.info)
After the Second World War, he frequented intellectual circles in Tehran. This photo was taken at the Iran-Russian Cultural Centre.
Masoud Barzin lost his mother at an early age and always resented the fact that there was no photograph of her and that he could not remember her face. He was soon sent to a boarding school in Isfahan. This is him with his sisters.
Masoud Barzin's father was also an officer, in Reza Shah's Artesh. This photograph is of wedding to his second wife, Zina Khanoom.
Mirza Mohammad Khan was Amir Tuman's brother. He was the Sepahsalar of the Qajar army and, for a short period, a chancellor to Nasereddin Shah. This painting of him and the king is in the Malek Museum in Tehran.
The earliest photograph of the family is of Amir Tuman (The Commander of the Ten Thousand). Amir Tuman's father was a commander of the Qajar army who had died leading Iranian troops against the Russians (led by Ivan Paskevich) in the city of Ganjeh. This was before Iran lost Azarbayjan to the Russians. Amir Tuman was Masoud Barzin's great great grandfather.
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