He is educated as a lawyer but worked as a journalist for over 16 years. He had to change jobs more than 10 times as the Iranian authorities closed down every newspaper and magazine he worked for, until he was finally forced to leave his country. He arrived in Trondheim with his wife, journalist Farzaneh Bazrpour. Rahbar writes for the online newspapers BBCpersian and Roozonline. He is currently (primo 2015) finishing his first novel.