He is the son of a teacher in Iran with whom he left Iran at the age of 13 and moved to Los Angeles, California where he has been a resident for more than two decades.
他是一名伊朗教师的儿子  (见下文)，随后在13岁时和父亲离开伊朗搬到了美国洛杉矶，在那里他居住了超过二十年。