Aref was born in Qacvin, where he studied Persian language and grammar and also some music. His father Molla Hadi earned his dislike by forcing him to go in for pā-menbarī in order to learn ...

The son of a prominent reformist politician ignited a firestorm on social-media when he said he owes his success in life to "good genes." The comments by Hamid Reza Aref, the son of former Vice ...