Fereydoun Farrokhzad was born in capital, to career military officer Colonel Mohammad Bagher Farrokhzad (originally from Tafresh) and his wife Touran Vaziri-Tabar.He was the fourth of seven children (Pooran, Amir (Masoud), Forough, Fereydoun, Gloria, Mehrdad, and Mehran).
After graduating from high school he went to Germany and Austria for his post-secondary education. He received his doctorate in political science from Munich University.
