His father, Mohammad Hassan Novin, worked as a parliamentary adviser to several prime ministers, including Hoveyda, Amoozgar, Gen. Azhari, Sharif Emami, and Bakhtiar.

[7][8] Novin was one of the first supporters of Cinemaye Azad or Free Cinema in Iran, that was created by a small group of students from Tehran’s Dramatic Arts university in 1969. .

His monthly reports in Negin magazine for the first time seriously reviewed and introduced the young filmmakers of this cinema such as Hassan Bani Hashemi, Kianoush Ayari, Behnam Jafari, Shahryar Parsipour, Nasraleh Shibani, Farhad Pourazem, Ali Yeganeh, Mohammad Farhomand, and Amir Afshari to the readers.

He also played a major role in communicating the Bank’s messages to a variety of audiences and promoted an exchange of views on the economy and monetary policy.

[22] Dave Formosa, President of the Chamber of Commerce, recounted that he had invited Novin to Powell River following a meeting a year prior.