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By translating approximately fifty historical, political and cultural books, Mehdi Semsar greatly contributed to younger
Iranian generations' understanding of world affairs and Western civilization. The translation was initially a hobby and became a full-time activity at the end of his life. Most of
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contracted him as their parliamentary correspondent. In 1954 he became Head of foreign news, in 1958 he was the
Managing Editor, in 1962 Deputy Editor and in 1967 he was named Editor in Chief of Kayhan and Editor of Kayhan International (English Edition). In 1972, he became Vice-President the Kayhan
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Bushehr a port of Persian Gulf. He passed his childhood and high school studies in Shiraz, the capital of Fars Province, in the south of Iran,and completed his university studies in Tehran University. At Tehran University, Mehdi Semsar entered the Faculty of Pharmacy
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Newspapers contracted him during his studies of pharmacology, he entered the
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these translations included a long preface written by himself and explaining the interest of the book, author, or historical period.
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In 2007, Guity Elahi established the Omid
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