Biography
He was born in Tehran, Iran in 1961 and immigrated to Canada at the age of ten. He was involved in many humanitarian organizations such as Médecins du Monde.
He studied physics at the Université de Montréal and McGill University, and medicine at Université Laval.
A medical specialist in infectious microbiology, he practices at the Centre hospitalier Pierre-Le-Gardeur in Lachenaie. Khadir is a member of the Coalition des Médecins pour la Justice Sociale (Coalition of Doctors for Social Justice), which opposes the privatization of the Quebec health system. He has led missions to Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Palestinian territories for Médecins du Monde and until 2004 presided over the administrative council of SUCO (Solidarité-Union-Coopération).
Khadir is married to Nima Machouf. They have three children, named Daria, Yalda and Leyli. During the 2012 Quebec student protests, Yalda, along with several other demonstrators, was arrested for blocking the Champlain Bridge on March 12 and again on May 15 for blocking the Jacques Cartier Bridge.
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