Massoud_Arabshahi Massoud Arabshahi (مسعود عربشاهی in Persian), born Tehran, Iran, 1935 is an Iranian painter.Arabshahi held his first solo exhibition at the Iran-India Centre, Tehran, in 1964, four years before graduating from the College of Decorative Arts, Tehran. His work includes oils on canvas, sculptures and architectural reliefs- among the latter commissions for the Office for Industry and Mining, Tehran, 1971, and the California Insurance Building, Santa Rosa, California, USA, 1985.