Arak, Iran
Behjat Sadr Mahallāti was born to Mohammad Sadr-e Mahallāti and Qamar Amini Sadr in Arak, Iran on 29 May 1924. Sadr began her studies at the University of Tehran faculty of fine arts. She later attended the Accademia di Belle Arti in Rome and the Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli in Naples.