His father Ebrahim Etessami was the head of finance of the Iranian province of Azerbaijan; and his brother Yussef Etessami was the founder of the Bahar journal, and the father of the poet Parvin Etessami.
Hans far, Ebrahim Etessami, var chef för finansiering av den iranska provinsen Azerbaijan, och hans bror Yussef Etessami var grundare till tidskriften Bahar, och far till poeten Parvin Etessami.