Overview
- Iran’s state news agency IRNA announced his death on November 11 and cited cancer as the cause.
- The Iranian Cinema House confirmed the news and hailed him as a prominent figure in film, theater, and television.
- Government spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani called the loss sad in a post on X and praised him as noble and thoughtful.
- Born in Isfahan in 1947, he trained and worked as an architect before being cast as a non‑professional lead by Kiarostami in 1997.
- His later screen credits included The Kite Runner (2007), Zero Dark Thirty (2012), and A Most Wanted Man (2014).