He holds joint Iranian-Canadian citizenship and left Tehran for Toronto in 2000 after hardline opponents of then president, Mohammad Khatami, closed down the reformist newspapers he worked on.

• 他拥有伊朗和加拿大两国国籍，2000年，时任总统穆罕默德.；哈塔米的强硬派对手关闭了他致力于的改革主义者的报纸之后，他离开德黑兰，前往多伦多。