Tony Zarrindast ( fa, محمد زرین‌دست also known as Mohammad Zarrindast) was an

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film producer, film director and cinema actor. He was considered by some as the "Persian

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". His 1996 film ''

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'' was featured on an episode of ''

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''. Zarrindast graduated from

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in the field of cinema. His brother was

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. On November 29, 2016 he died from cancer.

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