Esmaeil Zarafshan

Tehran - Iranian veteran sports photographer Esmaeil Zarafshan died Friday night from a heart disease in Tehran’s Imam Hossein Hospital.

He was 83-year-old.

Late Zarafshan was Iran’s senior most sports photographer. He began his career at Keyhan Varzeshi magazine and his photos were published in majority of Iranian media.

He will be laid to rest at the Behesht-e Zahra Cemetery on Sunday. He will be missed by all his colleagues and relatives.

The Mehr News Agency and the Tehran Times staff offers its heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family.

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