Kianouri was born in Nur, Iran Province Mazandaran. he was son of Shaikh Mehdi Nuri Mazandarani and Zahrā Solṭāni Nuri Mazandarani. His grandfather Sheikh Fazlollah Noori, and great-grandfather was Mirza Husain Noori Tabarsi. His father Shaikh Mehdi was assassinated six months before Kianouri’s birth (Kiānuri, 1992, pp. 33–36). Dr. Aḵhtar kianouri his greater sister was one of founder of women’s organizations in Iran and her marriage in 1925 to the prominent communist Abdossamad Kambakhsh had a lasting effect on kianouri’s political orientation. His much older sister Aḵtar, too, later became a prominent member of the Tudeh party (Kianouri, 1992, pp. 38–39). His family connection with Abdossamad Kambakhsh later also facilitated Kianouri’s close.
