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Mostafa Oskooyi (February 21, 1924, Tehran, Iran – November 6, 2005) (Persian: مصطفی اسکویی) was the first professional actor, director, arts critic, and veteran activist of Iranian theatre who qualified as an actor in Tehran. At the Moscow State Institute of Performing Arts, Oskooyi specialized in direction (1955) and art criticism (1990). While studying, he had already embarked on his practical stage work which covered a period of 50 years.