Mime artist Bahram Reihani dies at 34

TEHRAN – Mime artist Bahram Reihani died of liver cancer at Tehran’s Firuzgar Hospital on Tuesday morning. He was 34.

 

Reihani learned of his illness last year just before Noruz, the Iranian New Year celebration beginning on March 21, and began his treatment afterwards, Persian media reported on Tuesday.

 

He postponed his chemotherapy to appear in “B Lala”, a play directed by Yasser Khaseb about a man who confronts cancer, during the 33rd Fajr International Theater Festival in January.

 

In 2011, Bahram Reihani performed a 12-minute pantomime on the summit of Mount Damavand. His longest pantomime symbolically connected the two Iranian cities of Tehran and Isfahan in 2006.

 

Ha also had several performances in other countries to promote peace and friendship. 

 

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