Farhad hakim zadeh biography

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The thief who stole pages from history

By Mario Cacciottolo
BBC News


Farhad Hakimzadeh is a wealthy businessman from Knightsbridge

Wealthy businessman Farhad Hakimzadeh has been jailed for two years for stealing pages from rare books in the British Library.

To staff at the British Library, Farhad Hakimzadeh seemed like just the kind of person who might pay this world-famous establishment a visit.

He is a published author, a collector of rare books, and described as "evidently extremely knowledgeable" according to one expert.

He is a former director of the Iran Heritage Foundation, which promotes Iran's cultural heritage, and is director of a company that publishes books on the Middle East.

Hakimzadeh is also an extremely wealthy man, married and living in a large property in London's Knightsbridge.

We extend a bond of trust to our readers, and Hakimzadeh has fundamentally broken that trust

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