Early Life
Takhti, the youngest child of a poor family was born in Khaniabad neighborhood of south Tehran on August 27, 1930. At the age of 15, he entered Poulad Club in south tehran and was trained wrestling. He soon left Tehran to become a manual laborer in oil-rich city of Masjed Soleiman. When he was called up for military service, his potential in wrestling was discovered and he began to train seriously soon after he was recruited as an Iran Railways employee in 1948.
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