Mostafa Oskooyi
While studying, he had already embarked on his practical stage work which covered a period of 50 years. Career. During the 1940s, Oskooyi rose to become the leading actor in the progressive theatrical movement setting the pace for Iranian theatre under the leadership of Noushin in the Tehran, Farhang and Ferdousi theatres. His major contributions in numerous productions came with his return from Europe in 1958 at a time when Iranian theatre was on the decline. Oskooyi methods fundamentally changed the performing arts in Iran, with the first five years of this work (1959-1964 ) in particular leading  to a change in the standing of art society. This eventually lead to the formation of the Iranian Ministry of Art and Culture. After the Revolution of 1979, Oskooyi was elected to the presidency of the National Centre for Iranian Theatre and was re-elected for each of the three successive two year terms. As professor, he penned numerous theoretical works, theses, and articles, and elevated theatre to an academic discipline for research.