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Personal Life:<\/h1>\n

Sports<\/h2>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.11.3″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.11.3″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.11.3″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|600|||||||” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”16px” text_orientation=”justified” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]\n

\u00a0I began serious sports in volleyball from my teenage years and through my college days in Iran. Later on, I continued some recreational activities in the US. After the volleyball era, I began tennis and ballroom dancing.<\/strong><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.11.3″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ border_color_bottom=”#e09900″ border_width_bottom=”4px” custom_padding=”2px||40px||false|false”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.11.3″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″][et_pb_image src=”http:\/\/web-biography.wpi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/college_gold_71.jpg” title_text=”college_gold_71″ module_class=”landscape” _builder_version=”4.6.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.6.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.6.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.11.3″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” text_font=”|600|||||||” text_text_color=”#000000″ sticky_enabled=”0″]\n

Volleyball:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h1>\n

I began playing volleyball in middle school and in my first competition my team at Takhteh Jamshid high school won the second place in all Teheran middle schools when I was an eight grader.\u00a0 During my college time I played for the University of\u00a0 Tehran to win two college championships (1972&1973) and one second place (1974).\u00a0 \u00a0During this time I was also playing first division (to eight) volleyball club championships for Peykan (later Shahbaz) that placed third, fourth, and fifth places (1971, 1972, and 1973).\u00a0 In the US I played in a recreational volleyball team and Bay State games in Boston area before I begin tennis followed by ball room dancing.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,1_3,1_3″ _builder_version=”4.11.3″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” border_width_bottom=”4px” border_color_bottom=”#e09900″ sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.6.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”http:\/\/web-biography.wpi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/a_team_84.jpg” title_text=”a_team_84″ module_class=”landscape” _builder_version=”4.6.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.6.5″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]A group picture of Persepolis Volleyball Team, Boston, MA, 1979-1987.[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.6.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”http:\/\/web-biography.wpi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/13411621_10208314670095649_5482151317472491512_o.jpg” title_text=”13411621_10208314670095649_5482151317472491512_o” module_class=”landscape” _builder_version=”4.6.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.6.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Iranian Division I (top eight) Volleyball Club Championship, Farah Stadium, 1971, Tehran. This picture was the headline picture for a back page status report of the games in daily Ettelaat newspaper. Ettelaat was one of the top two daily news papers of Tehran at that time.[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.6.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”http:\/\/web-biography.wpi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/college_gold_71.jpg” title_text=”college_gold_71″ module_class=”landscape” _builder_version=”4.6.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.6.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Receiving the first Gold medal in the Iranian National College Volleyball Championship from Governor of East Azerbaygan, Rezaeih, Iran, April 1971.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 University of Tehran\u00a0 repeated this championship in Babolsar, 1972 and finished in second place in Tehran, 1973.[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.6.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.6.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.11.3″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||0px|||” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” text_font=”|600|||||||” text_text_color=”#000000″ sticky_enabled=”0″]\n

Argentine Tango:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

My wife and I began began taking dance lessons since 1990 and began competing in Argentine Tango events since 2011.\u00a0 We won several armature and senior\u00a0 level competition and we still represent Boston in these divisions in many events.<\/strong><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,1_3,1_3″ _builder_version=”4.6.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.6.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_video src=”https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YYteM-gaDZ4″ _builder_version=”4.11.3″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_video][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.6.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]A dance performance at Tango Society of Boston event in honor of winning senior title in LA.[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.6.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_video src=”https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8MfcWlKrxAk&t=328s” _builder_version=”4.6.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_video][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.6.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”] Southern California Tango Championship Finals,\u00a0 Feb. 25, 2018.[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.6.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_video src=”https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kghHXnH9aA8&list=PLCC093CF78F674AA9&index=9&t=619s” _builder_version=”4.6.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_video][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.6.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Argentine Tango US Championship Finals, San Francisco, April 21 2019.[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,1_3,1_3″ _builder_version=”4.6.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.6.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”http:\/\/web-biography.wpi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/16904795_10212658728169204_1243998965643223507_o.jpg” title_text=”16904795_10212658728169204_1243998965643223507_o” module_class=”portrait” _builder_version=”4.6.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.6.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Farzaneh and I in a picture posted in the Boston Sunday Globe in 2011 on “Dancing in the Golden Age”.[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.6.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”http:\/\/web-biography.wpi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/54727765_2352118878166079_2320406779457961984_n.jpg” title_text=”54727765_2352118878166079_2320406779457961984_n” module_class=”portrait” _builder_version=”4.6.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.6.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Award ceremonies of 2019 Southern California Tango Championship, LA.[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.6.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”http:\/\/web-biography.wpi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/59399975_10219758180331071_854704990189518848_n.jpg” title_text=”59399975_10219758180331071_854704990189518848_n” module_class=”portrait” _builder_version=”4.6.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.6.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]A dancing shot at 2019 Argentine Tango US Championship, San Francisco.[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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