Confusion with Another Nosrat Karimi
There was another individual named Nosrat Karimi who worked as a programmer and assistant director. Some mistakenly conflated the two, but their careers were entirely different. The assistant director Karimi worked on films like Today and Tomorrow with Abbas Shabaviz and had a separate professional trajectory from the renowned actor and director.
Death and Legacy
Nosratollah Karimi passed away on December 1, 2019, at the age of 94 in his home in Capital. His funeral took place on December 6, and he was buried in the Artists’ Plot of Behesht Zahra Cemetery.
Despite facing immense challenges and political persecution, Karimi’s influence on Iranian theater, cinema, puppetry, and sculpture remains profound. His work continues to inspire new generations of Persian artists, and his legacy as a pioneering figure in multiple artistic fields endures.