Aref Lorestani to Be Buried in Kermanshah
A Farewell to Beloved Actor in Tehran
The body of Aref Lorestani, beloved actor of theater and television, will be carried to western city of Kermanshah, his hometown, after his fans and colleagues paid farewell to him in the capital Tehran on Sunday.
A group of artists, fans and colleagues gathered in front of Vahdat Hall in Tehran to say the last goodbye to Aref Lorestani, who died on Saturday of a heart attack, irantheater.ir reported.
Javad Hashemi presented the ceremony attended by Mahdi Shafiee, director general of Dramatic Arts Center, Payman Shariati, Javad Razavian, Reza Yazdani, Siamak Ansari, Borzou Arjomand, Sahar Valadbeigi, Ali Foroutan, Khosrow Ahmadi, Shohreh Lorestani, Elika Abdolrazzaqi, Javad Ezzati, Mehdi Karampour, Hadi Kazemi, Javad Hashemi, Setareh Eskandari, Gelareh Abbasi, Ali Mashhadi, Parastou Salehi, Korush Soleimani, Sepand Amirsoleimani, Ali Ouji, Nader SoleimanI, Omid Zendegani, Mohammad Reza Hedayati and Hossein Rafie.
The body of the renowned actor will be buried in Kermanshah close to his late grandfather.
Aref Lorestani, theater, cinema and television actor who is known for his role in comedies, died in the morning of April 14 of heart attack at the age of 46 years old.
Born in 1971 in western city of Kermanshah, Aref Lorestani was a theater and television actor. He became famous with "Jonge 77", which was directed by noted director Mehran Modiri. He also acted in "Bitter Coffee", which was directed by Mr Modiri too. "Bitter Coffee" was one of the most popular series in recent years.
Other TV series of the late actor was "On the Sideline", "Morvarid Alley", "Kidding", "My Villa" and "A Man of 2,000 Faces".
He played role in movies of "Wedding Dinner" (2005), "Choice" (2004), "The Equivalent" (2003) and "Mani and Neda" (2000).