Rajab Ali Etemadi was born in 1913 in the city of Lar in Fars province. His father chose his grandfather’s name for him, but his mother changed his name to Mehdi, but his identity card name remained Rajab Ali. In 1335, after completing his military service, he participated in the educational exam of the Information newspaper and entered the Information newspaper as the sixth person.
Etemadi was the founder and editor of the first magazine with a special audience for the young generation of Iran.