Massoud Behnoud, a prominent Iranian journalist and writer, was born on 27 July 1947 in Tehran. He started his work as a journalist in 1964. During his long career he worked as an investigating journalist for different publications and founded more than 20 newspapers and magazines, none of which are currently in publication.(Lecture in Persian) http://iranian-studies.stanford.edu/event/diaspora_media_failures_accomplishments_and_future_role