Injured stuntman Arsha Aqdasi passes away

Injured Iranian stuntman and actor Arsha Aqdasi has passed away in Lebanon on Wednesday.

The high-profile stuntman was harshly injured during shooting a film project last week in Beirut. No details were published about the film project.

Reportedly, his neck was injured when a car he was in turned over and he was placed in an induced coma by the doctors.

Born in 1982, the founder of Stunt 13 – a major studio for Iranian stuntmen, Aqdasi cooperated in several international projects, including ‘Skyfall’ which is a 2012 James Bond venture.

Among his other works, the most notable ones are ‘Bang Bang’ (2014) by Siddharth Anand from India, ‘Kung Fu Yoga’ (2017) by Stanley Tong from Hong Kong, ‘Dying of the Light‎’ (2014) by Paul Joseph Schrader from the US, as well as several Iranian series and movies, including ‘Dark Intelligence’, ‘Passion to Fly’, ‘When the Moon Was Full’, ‘Exodus’, and ‘Damascus Time’.

He also acted in movies such as ‘Murphy's Law’ (the clown) and ‘Bang Bang’ (the bad man).

In addition to his activities in the world of cinema, Aqdasi was a master and instructor in several sports fields, including horse-riding, parachuting, free fall, base jumping, parkour, and martial arts such as Aikido.

The video above shows one of his stunts for iFilm’s movie ‘When the Moon Was Full’ directed by Narges Abyar.

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