Student in Iran has his car impounded by police because he looks like Lionel Messi

An Iranian student looks so much like his sporting idol Lionel Messi that it almost landed him in jail for disrupting public order.   
So many people came out to take selfies with Reza Parastesh in the western city of Hamedan over the weekend that police rushed him into a station and impounded his car to stop the chaos and clear traffic.
The resemblance is so uncanny that some leading news outlets have reportedly used his photo when talking about the real Messi.
photo when talking about the real Messi.

Reza Parastesh, a doppelganger of Barcelona and Argentina's footballer Lionel Messi, poses for a picture in a street in Tehran on May 8, 2017

Reza Parastesh, a doppelganger of Barcelona and Argentina's footballer Lionel Messi, poses for a picture in a street in Tehran on May 8, 2017

To take his lookalike to the next level, the 25-year-old is working on some football tricks
To take his lookalike to the next level, the 25-year-old is working on some football tricks
The Messi lookalike loves football, but has never played professionally, so to up his game he is working on some tricks to make his act more believable.
The relationship has not always been a smooth one between the student and the global superstar. 
During the last game between Iran and Argentina at the World Cup in 2014, Messi's 91st-minute goal robbed the Islamic republic of a place in the last 16.
Reza's dad was furious.
'After the game, my dad called me and said, "Don't come back home tonight - why did you score a goal against Iran?", the lookalike said.
'I said: "But that wasn't me!",' he said jokingly.  
His goal now is to meet his hero in Barcelona, and maybe even land a job as his understudy.photo when talking about the real Messi.

'I'm really happy that seeing me makes them happy and this happiness gives me a lot of energy,' he added.

The 25-year-old is constantly turning heads, pictured here posing for a photograph with two women 
The 25-year-old is constantly turning heads, pictured here posing for a photograph with two women 

 A woman poses for a selfie with the Lionel Messi lookalike on the streets of Tehran on May 8
about the real Messi.
Reza Parastesh, left, is the spitting image of his sporting hero Lionel Messi, pictured right
Reza Parastesh, left, is the spitting image of his sporting hero Lionel Messi, pictured right
Reza Parastesh, a doppelganger of Barcelona and Argentina's footballer Lionel Messi, walks down a street in Tehran on May 8
'Being the best player in footballing history, he definitely has more work than he can handle. 
'I could be his representative when he is too busy,' Reza said.

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