This Is Reza Parastesh, The Iranian Who Could Almost Pass Off As Lionel Messi's Twin Brother!

Reza Parastesh has a lot in common with famous Barcelona and Argentina footballer Lionel Messi.

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What is it? Simple, he's the man's doppleganger! That's right this Iranian looks exactly like the man himself.

Reza does not hide his resemblance, in fact he embraces it and has become a bit of a celebrity himself. He watches matches wearing a Barcelona jersey and is a splitting image of Messi.

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He said he was encouraged to embrace his Messi-looks by his father.

"The first time that I seriously decided to take a photo with sports clothes and introduce myself as the double of Messi, my father encouraged me - he said 'do it'," Paratesh said.

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It would be interesting to see the two of them together. Fingers crossed!