The Iranian citizen who is a carbon copy of Lionel Messi is in trouble because of his resemblance with Messi is affecting his public life.
Reza Parastesh a citizen of Hamaden, Iran looks like international football player Messi. Whenever he wears the kit of a football player, visits a public plays he is surrounded by fans of Messi who want to take selfies and photos with him.
On one occasion Iranian police took him in custody where he spent couple of minutes before he was allowed to leave. The reason was that Reza was surrounded by so many people that the police has to interfere to end the chaos.
Iranian Messi Reza said to AFP that “Now people really see me as the Iranian Messi and want me to mimic everything he does. When I show up somewhere, people are really shocked.”
He is learning some football tricks so he may perform the role of Messi in a more professional way. He has been successful in getting some modeling contracts and is busy on each day with appearances on TV shows and interviews.