Motazedi, during the reign of Persia's Ahmad Shah Qajar, at 17 years of age, traveled from Iran to Lausanne, Switzerland to study French and English language, and he traveled to Paris two years later, to study electromechanical engineering.
[3] Motazedi returned to Iran after the 1921 Persian coup d'état with a Gamun, a type of Gaumont brand camera, as well as a projection projector, and a collection of French films, and began making documentaries in his homeland.
After that, filming Reza Shah Pahlavi in the Constituent Assembly and his swearing-in ceremony to the constitution in the National Assembly (Esfand 1304 on the Persian calendar, March 1926 on the Western calendar) are considered to be professional and lasting works of Khan Baba.
[4] Before long, Motazedi's reputation as the most capable Iranian cinematographer rose to the attention of the Royal Court.
Simultaneously with his filmmaking activities, Motazedi, was the General Directorate of Iran's Customs during the early years of the Mohamad Reza Pahlavi.