Fereydoun Farrokhzad: Singer, actor, poet, TV and radio host and writer

Farrokhzad had an unusual career. He earned a Ph.D. in political science from Munich University in West Germany, wrote his thesis on the impact of Karl Marx ideas on the state and church in the German Democratic Republic -- the so-called East Germany -- but ended up becoming a hugely popular singer and performer in Iran during the Pahlavi era.