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Aydin Aghdashloo, ( Persian , آیدین آغداشلو; born October 30 , 1940 in Rasht , Iran .) is an Iranian painter, author, art critic / historian and graphic designer. He currently lives in Tehran , Iran and lectures in different Iranian Universities besides his professional work. The last name Aghdashloo means ''from the white stone place'' in Azeri language. Aghdash is a small town in the Azerbaijan Republic and the birthplace of Aydin's father. EARLY LIFE Aghdashloo's father Mehmet Hajiev was an engineer and the Interior Minister in Azerbaijan Democratic Republic between 1919 and 1920 . After the invasion of Azerbaijan by the Soviet Red Army in 1920, he and his wife Nahid, Adyin's mother, had to flee Baku , Azerbaijan and take refuge in Tabriz , Iran. To avoid identification by the Soviet spies in Iran, Mehmet changed his last name from Hajiev to Aghdashloo and moved to Rasht later where Aydin was born and then finally to Tehran when Aghdashloo was 5 years old. Aghdashloo started selling his paintings from the age of 14, 2 years after his father's death. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS |