Learn Farsi: رهبر این جنبش در یک روستا متولد شد. - The leader of this movement was born in a village.

To say 'He was born in a village' while keeping the formal, historical tone of this sentence, you would replace رهبر این جنبش with وی, making it: وی در یک روستا متولد شد. Using وی instead of the standard او perfectly matches the formal register of verbs like متولد شد.

Why does the sentence use متولد شد for 'was born' instead of the more common به دنیا آمد?

Both mean 'was born,' but متولد شد (using the Arabic-derived root for birth) is much more formal. Because the sentence discusses a رهبر (leader) and a جنبش (movement), this formal vocabulary fits the academic or journalistic tone much better than به دنیا آمد (literally 'came to the world'), which is typical for everyday conversation.

How is the noun جنبش (movement) formed?

It is formed from the present stem of the verb جنبیدن (to move, to stir) plus the noun-forming suffix ـِش (-esh). At the B2 level, recognizing this suffix is incredibly helpful for figuring out new abstract nouns, similar to how آفرینش (creation) comes from آفریدن.

Is there an Ezafe linking رهبر (leader) and این جنبش (this movement)?

Yes, the phrase is pronounced 'rahbar-e in jonbesh.' Learners sometimes forget that an Ezafe is still required to link a noun to a demonstrative phrase (like ) when it acts as the possessor. The Ezafe serves as the 'of' in 'the leader of this movement.'