1913 - d. 2007), born in Rasht, the capital city of Gilan province, is known as the father of modern biology in Iran.
The son of a lapidarist, Behzad completed his initial education in Rasht before pursuing his bachelor's degree at the teachers' training college (Dāneshsarāy-e 'Āli) in Tehran.
Behzad was known for the books of French science writer Jean Rostand and English naturalist Charles Darwin that he translated.
In the last years of his life, Behzad worked in Shargh pharmacy in Rasht where he was ready to answer his fans and former students.
His older son, Prof. Faramarz Behzad, was previously a lecturer of Persian at Otto-Friedrich University in Bamberg, and a lexicographer.