Iran's prominent actor Mohammad Ali Keshavarz passes away at 90

The highly-revered Iranian actor, Mohammad Ali Keshavarz, with a stellar track records of professional role-playing in stage plays, television series and movies for more than 70 years, has passed away after a period of disease.

According to Press TV, Keshavarz was born on April 15, 1930 in the city of Isfahan and was among five legendary actors in the history of Iran’s stage plays and movies, out of whom only one is now alive.

The prominent actor was hospitalized in Tehran last month due to a kidney disease, which caused his blood creatinine level to rise. During the course of his therapy, Keshavarz went down with pulmonary infection and was taken to the intensive care unit, where he finally passed away.

He had obtained the top medal of Iranian Culture and Arts for acting a broad range of roles.

Keshavarz had appeared in dozens of movies, including Adobe and Mirror, Wind Chess, The Man Who Became a Mouse, Mirza Norooz’ Shoes, Mother, The Infatuated, Nassereddin Shah, a Cinema Actor, and Through the Olive Trees.

ME